Happy Camp needs you! Our project in Happy Camp is ready for our first rebuilds. Our staff have submitted for three permits and should receive approval soon. It’s going to be a challenging first year of construction, but challenges are what we have become accustomed to, and have become adept at overcoming! We can move […]

Sylvia Benjamin and her team from Wakarusa Missionary Church in Indiana made the decision to travel across the country and serve fire survivors. Many on the team had never worked on wildfire recovery before and this was an opportunity to learn while they brought comfort and compassion. What they found here surprised them: how could […]

HCRN is off to a wonderful start in 2022! Our first volunteer team has arrived in Paradise, and we’ll have an AmeriCorps NCCC team arriving soon as well! We’re so excited for what this year will bring, but we wanted you all to be able to look back at some of the things we accomplished […]

This week we’re showing you a gallery of the progress made on construction in Paradise this year! We expect to have 5 homes completed before Christmas and another 5 early in the new year! 2021 has been a blessing to this community and we thank each and every person who has had a hand in […]

We’re thankful for the support HCRN has received over the last 20+ years. From donors, volunteers, churches and foundations, with these partnerships we’ve been able to serve so many individuals and families impacted by disaster. This year, we’re especially thankful that with these partnerships, rebuilding began in Butte County from the devastating Camp Fire of […]

The following is a short post from our Volunteer Coordinator, Travis Cox Monday marked three years since the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, Concow and Magalia. I wasn’t sure what I would see in the community this week. Anniversaries can be triggering for anyone, and for a date like this, there just aren’t many good memories […]

When you volunteer or donate to HCRN, you are helping a community and a family heal. Volunteer teams come from across the U.S. to rebuild homes for disaster survivors in Northern California. Recently, Linda Roa volunteered with others from her church, Sebastopol Community Church, with our staff in Paradise. They painted the interiors of two […]

Staff Spotlight: We’re starting a series of articles on different staff members and their reasons for working in wildfire recovery. Kristan, Tra and Bella Hay are part of our team serving since June in Happy Camp, California, the most recent volunteer rebuilding project for HCRN.  They joined the HCRN family in 2019 at the Middletown […]

Renovations continue in Happy Camp, as HCRN prepares to host regular volunteer teams to assist in rebuilding from the Slater Fire of 2020. This week, we’re going to give you a virtual tour of our campus. We’ve partnered with the Happy Camp Assemblies of God Church to serve the community of Happy Camp, and provide […]

Your donations and support allow HCRN to provide for those affected by disaster. This weekend, we have continued our work of providing direct assistance to evacuees across Northern California. On September 26, our staff made the drive from Paradise to Grizzly Flats to distribute goods to fire survivors affected by the Caldor Fire. These donations […]

The Dixie Fire is still burning, and evacuees still need your help. On September 12, 2021, HCRN in collaboration with Adventist Health and Menlo Church delivered 3 trailers worth of goods to a Point of Distribution in Quincy, California. This distribution served evacuees of the Dixie Fire. Your donations, both fiscally and materially, allowed many […]

HCRN is rebuilding at a pace we have never before reached in California, and for that we celebrate! Thank you for being an important part of the work HCRN does in Rebuilding Homes and Restoring Lives. You’re the ones who help share our story and connect us with people who need help, and people who […]

HCRN is active in every phase of disaster, including responding with immediate relief and staying for the long haul to rebuild a community. This couldn’t be highlighted any better than the week of August 15th, when HCRN responded to multiple new fires, and brought in several volunteer teams to continue rebuilding from previous fires. That […]

The Dixie Fire is a massive fire burning in Northern California. Per CalFire standards, it was named after a nearby road where the fire started. In an era of a new record breaking fire every year, it is still devastating to those affected by its blaze. What is the Dixie Fire? A few quick facts: […]

Today we celebrate another homeowner returning to their property! Frank Vergara lost his home in the Camp Fire of 2018, and like many survivors of that deadly and destructive fire, has been waiting for the day he could come home. We were honored to be a part of finishing his home along side so many […]

In June we were able to celebrate with Kyle Noble and her family, by dedicating her newly rebuilt home! Hers was the final home HCRN built in our Lake County rebuilding project, and it was a very special day for all of us. You can watch through the link below!

Today one of our HCRN staff embarks on the next part of her journey. We are so proud of Sue Saunders and what a blessing she has been to our organization. She has managed volunteer teams from all over the country, been a mentor to our AmeriCorps teams who have served diligently to bring some […]

Your support has gotten us to the finish line of our project in Lake County! Thank you to our donors, volunteers, our community partners and especially our homeowners who allowed us to be a part of their recovery. HCRN arrived in Middletown just days after the Valley Fire of 2015. In the years since, we […]

HCRN is excited to announce that our very first home rebuild project is under construction in Paradise, CA! The Camp Fire raged through Butte County in 2018. In it’s wake, a large population of elderly and retired residents were left without housing or a clear path forward. The scale of destruction was unprecedented. HCRN has […]