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IMMEDIATE NEEDS - FIRE VICTIMS

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Update on the Fire at 3145 Mount Pleasant Street and community volunteer efforts...

As has probably been posted already, the victims of the fire at 3145 Mount Pleasant Street have been relocated to the Best Western Hotel on South Capital and I Streets SW through Saturday nights. City officials and community workers are helping to find semi-permanent housing for the displaced tenants until the building is refurbished and they can move back in. We've been in close contact with Yasmin Romero at the tenant association and other workers orchestrating relief efforts. Below are the latest needs - Yasmin and the other tenants are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support from the community:

Translation at the Hotel

These are the main needs: Translation for tenants who are now housed at Best Western Hotel at I and South Capitol Streets SW. The Hotel is right next to the DC Inspection Station. You will be helping translate for people working with DC officials to determine medium and long term needs. Please call Jackie Reyes at 202-340-8255 or write her at jackie Reyes ; if you can provide these services TODAY.
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You can also register and indicate your availability to provide these services through the Hear Mount Pleasant website hearmountpleasant.org. Provide your contact information and your availability and someone from the Mayor.s Office will call you and schedule you.

Dinner and gifts for children at the Hotel PLUS Cell Phone Chargers

The hotel is very isolated and the tenants would like some food from home. Tonight and tomorrow neighborhood restaurants are providing dinner for the tenants at the hotel. Don Juan's is making and delivering food for tonight.

Five children between 1-12 need school supplies, toys and backpacks

Please bring toys and school supplies to the children there so Mr. Ferrufino can deliver the items for the children along with the dinner he is bringing the tenants.

Also Yasmin says the tenants really need phone chargers. I don't have more specific information than that but if you have a phone charger to donate. please also bring that to Don Juans at 1660 Lamont so he can deliver them with dinner tonight or take them directly to the hotel. Haydee's will be providing dinner to them tomorrow. We will look into seeing if they need help getting the food over there or if donations towards the food would be helpful.

Donating and helping to sort clothes

Neighbors Consejo needs volunteers to help sort clothes. They will be open until 10PM tonight and all day tomorrow.

People can take donations of food and clothing to Martha's Table

Cash and check donations

Make checks payable to Columbia heights Shaw Family Support Collaborative (CHFSC). CHFSC, a non-profit agency who is working with city officials to coordinate relief is set up to cut checks directly to clients so you know that your money will go directly to the displaced tenants.

Mailing Checks

Colubmia Heights Shaw Family Support Collaborative
Thurgood Marshall Center
1816 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC. 20009

You can deliver your donations to Pfieffer's Hardware 3219 Mount Pleasant Street or directly to the Collaborative at 1816 12th Street NW

We'll continue to keep you updated! Again - Yasmin and the 3145 Tenant Association are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support from the community.