Puente de la Costa Sur, a resource center for the south coast of the San Francisco Peninsula

Yesterday, as many of you now know, there was a fire at Upper Campinotti – 901 Bean Hollow Road. ALL ARE SAFE. However, this fire affected 19 adults and 10 children. At present, the singles are housed at lower Campinotti and families are lodged in nearby hotels. Now the hard work of finding new, local housing for the families begins.

Would you like to help? Financial donations to those affected by the fire may be made payable to PUENTE. Please put FIRE in the memo and mail to Puente, PO Box 554, Pescadero CA 94060. If you are able to offer permanent housing for the two families that have lost their homes, please email Kerry Lobel at klobel@mypuente.org. The families will of course, pay rent but we need your help to identify suitable housing in Pescadero. Please, do not donate items at this time – once the families are settled, they will need personal and household items.

We are grateful to our colleagues, sister organizations, county government agencies, the Red Cross and the many fire fighters, sheriffs and CHP officers that worked together yesterday. Puente staff worked with the Red Cross, St. Vincent de Paul and the SCCS Thrift Store to ensure that all are temporarily housed and have the very basic essentials. Once again our community proved its strength, compassion, and resilience.

Puente Counselors are available for anyone needing emotional support. Please do not hesitate to call 650.879.1691. Thank you all.

Thank you.

-The Puente Staff and Board

Puente’s Annual Report for the fiscal year 2011-2012 is now available in print and online. Click here or visit our Reports and Archives section to see all that we have accomplished this last year together.

Annual Report, FY 2011-2012