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My name is Lisa Watts and I was born and raised in Fort McMurray, Alberta - the beautiful northern city that has been engulfed in flames, causing a full city evacuation this week.
I no longer live in Fort McMurray but my heart and sole has always been there. Fort McMurray has been called by many, a "transient" working town but that's not what it was to me...it was home. It was where I went to school, made some of my closest friends, played uncountable hours of softball, began my time at college, started my first job, went camping in the summer and rode quads and snowmobiles in the winter. Fort McMurray is where I could see the most incredible northern lights imaginable...it's where I became who I am today - a proud McMurryite!
This week I watched the town full of my childhood memories (and so many others' memories) begin to burn...and burn...and as I continue to watch it on the news and hear from friends and family, my heart breaks a little more.
Those friends and family who still reside in Fort McMurray are in shock and trying to sort out their next steps not knowing what their future holds. They have been forced out of their homes and out of the town while they wait to find out IF they have a home to return to...one Fort McMurray resident even called the SHAW tv/internet provider to find out if their internet modem was still working...because if it was, that meant they still had a home. The feelings of fear in not knowing if your home is still intact is one that I can't begin to imagine and my heart goes out to those in that state of unknowing.
I wanted to create this site today to reach out to everyone that is looking for a way to help the Fort McMurray families rebuild their lives. A cash donation is the quickest and least costly way to provide volunteers a way to buy the things that are needed at each moment during the emergency and recovery processes.
All of the donations collected here will be forwarded to the Canadian Red Cross so that we can optimize our Federal Government's initiative to MATCH all donations made to the Red Cross.
ANY donation is GREAT so if you can only spare a dollar, that's ok!! If you can't donate, forward this to someone you know that can - every little bit helps! We are hoping to reach a donation goal of $10,000.00 and I will be posting this to my company Lloyd's Register as well, knowing we have some of the most generous people all around the world that will help us reach our goal.
Thank you for considering donating to help this beautiful northern hometown find it's way back to being the vibrant, caring city it has always been to me...
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