The Hollywood-supported nonprofit Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) has started up a disaster relief fund called “Defy: Disaster” for first responders battling the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.
“Our hearts go out to all who have lost their homes and those who are uncertain what the days ahead will hold,” EIF president and CEO Nicole Sexton said in a Wednesday statement. “There is an urgent need to provide shelter, food and water, medical care for individuals and families, as well as care for pets that have been displaced.”
The program works to mobilize the entertainment industry and the public by helping provide frontliners with essential needs — including equipment, food, water and other resources.