Dangerous flooding in San Diego put residents out of their homes and in need of support. In mid-January, heavy storms brought unprecedented rainfall to the dry Southern California city. FEMA declared the flooding event a Major Disaster and has been working with the County to get residents what they need to recover. HCRN made a […]

California is expecting more rain this weekend after severe storms in January caused urban flooding, mudslides and a host of other disasters. You can be ready for the next storm. Don’t Panic, Prepare! See our simple sandbag tip above for an easy way to protect your home from storm damage.

You are Rebuilding Homes and Restoring Lives in Paradise, California. This Christmas, we’re celebrating how lives are being restored through this important work. Thank you to every volunteer who has painted or swung a hammer or helped raise a wall this year. Your willingness to give your time and talents means the world to our […]

You can join with HCRN today and help Rebuild Homes and Restore Lives for disaster survivors! You can Donate Today! This Giving Tuesday, we’re looking back on the impact your support has allowed us to have across the State of California. From an earthquake in January, to flooding and a levee break in March, California […]

A disaster rocked your community and it felt like your life would never be put back together. But help came from all across the country, and bit by bit your community was Restored. HCRN is proud to be part of the wave of assistance that makes it possible for families to return home following disaster. […]

You lost your home in a disaster. Your home insurance won’t cover the full cost of rebuilding. You don’t know what to do so you can stay in your community. HCRN rebuilds for those who couldn’t do so by themselves. We build for the uninsured, the under-insured and vulnerable populations who just want to come […]

Imagine if an earthquake shook your community, damaging homes and infrastructure. You’ve met the immediate needs of residents, but now you need a plan for repairing the damage and seeing a full disaster recovery. In January, Humboldt County, California found themselves in this predicament. HCRN stepped in to mentor local leaders, providing guidance and input […]

When disaster strikes your community, what do you want the response to look like? That’s a hard question for a lot of people to answer, because you haven’t thought too deeply about what disaster in your community could even look like. Regardless of the event, Response Gaps will rear their ugly head and make an […]

We’re celebrating Slater Fire survivors coming home! The Slater Fire tore through the small town of Happy Camp, California in September of 2020. This August, we welcomed several families home, and that’s our favorite thing to celebrate! HCRN staff, Bill and Wendi Johnson, presented the homeowners with a few house warming gifts. A quilt from […]

Thank you to the Monterey County Storm Relief Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County as they continue to support Hope Crisis Response Network as we continue the work of recovery in Pajaro, California! In March of 2024, Pajaro experienced a levee break due to massive winter storms. This levee failure caused the agricultural […]

HCRN needs skilled volunteers to repair Pajaro, California! After two months of deployment, our Disaster Resource Village Command Center has completed its mission. In the immediate aftermath of the Pajaro levee break, HCRN worked tirelessly, 15 hour days for up to 7 days a week. We provided assistance for flooding survivors and allowed partner organizations […]

Thank You, Спасибо, Obrigado, 谢谢, Danke, ありがとう, Grazie, Merci, Gracias Just how many ways can you say thank you? Wearing her trademark red shoes, homeowner Angie Derryberry used seven languages to express her gratitude for the volunteers who rebuilt her home. At her home dedication ceremony, Angie fought back tears as she said, “Saying Thank you […]

Volunteers get families home! That’s been our model here at HCRN and this weekend a group made up of churches from Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties made it their mission to help those in need. The focus for this Saturday work day was repair! The teams worked across multiple projects installing new drywall and repairing […]

Volunteers donned tyvek suits, picked up shovels and pushed wheelbarrows for another day of helping local residents clean up flood damage in Pajaro! The volunteers were helping remove the debris caused by a levee break on March 10 that flooded this small agricultural community with more than 3 feet of water. More than 80 volunteers spent […]

HCRN is proud to announce we have been awarded a grant from the Monterey County Storm Relief Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County! HCRN deployed our Disaster Resource Village Command Center to Pajaro, California on March 24, 2023 and we have been blessed to serve so many residents whose homes were flooded with […]

Shout out to the nearly 200 volunteers who gave their time and cleaned up homes in Pajaro on Saturday, April 15!  Volunteers filled buckets and wheelbarrows with mud and moved it to the curbside for removal. They used pressure washers to clean homes and driveways. They dragged water-soaked debris to the curbside. A levee break […]

This is the third week of the HCRN deployment in Pajaro, California. Our Disaster Resource Village Command Center is part of the hub at the Pajaro Middle School. The state and county are providing  hygiene services here including showers and laundry drop off. Meals are provided twice a day through the American Red Cross. A bus service is […]

April 15 we are hosting a community action day to finish up the last of our clean up assistance requests! Bring your shovels, your pressure washers, your wheel-barrows and any other tools that can be used to clear mud from homes! We’ll be meeting at 9am at the Hope City Command Center trailer. Join us […]

Pajaro has received a Major Disaster Declaration! This is a huge step toward the necessary assistance this community needs to recover. But even before that assistance becomes available, HCRN has been working hard to make sure the people of this community receive the help they deserve. On March 25, HCRN opened our Disaster Resource Village […]

April Fool’s day was no joke this year. HCRN and our partners in Pajaro, California provided a free community breakfast on Saturday April 1. This community was devastated after a levee broke and flooded this agricultural community, leaving some homes with 3 feet of water inside. HCRN is SO  thankful to so many churches who provided […]