Disney Legend Jamie Lee Curtis Pledges $1 Million to California Wildfire Relief
Over the last two days, wildfires in California have wreaked havoc on the Los Angeles area, burning thousands of acres, destroying over 2,000 buildings, and displacing over 120,000 people.
Amid the chaos, Jamie Lee Curtis, who lives in Pacific Palisades, appeared on The Tonight Show and gave her account of what was happening.
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“As you know, where I live is on fire right now,” Curtis began.
“The entire city of Pacific Palisades is burning. I flew here last night, I was on the plane, started getting texts and it’s [freaking] gnarly, you guys. It’s just a catastrophe in Southern California. Obviously, there have been horrific fires in many places. This is literally where I live. Everything: the market I shop in. The schools my kids go to. Friends, many, many, many, many, many friends now have lost their homes. It’s a really awful situation.”
Curtis’s Pledge
Not content to sit idly by, Curtis later took to social media to announce that her family was donating $1 million to relief efforts.
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“As the fire still rages on and @calfire @losangelesfiredepartment and all the available first responders and agencies involved in fighting fire and saving lives are still hard at work and neighbors and friends are banding together to save each other, my husband and I and our children have pledged $1 million from our Family Foundation to start a fund of support for our great city and state and the great people who live and love there,” she wrote on Instagram.
“I’m in communication with Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass and Senator Schiff as to where those funds need to be directed for the most impact.”
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Curtis, of course, comes from Hollywood royalty and has lived in the Los Angeles area for decades. Now. in her community’s time of need, the Disney Legend is doing everything she can to help out.
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