I have to admit, I am seriously grateful to the residents of Nevada County 30 miles east of where I live who opened their fairgrounds to evacuees, both displaced residents and their pets.
The organizers, in conjunction with the fairgrounds, would post on Facebook what their needs were, and within an hour, those needs were met with overwhelming generosity. On the thirteenth, a local elementary visited and delivered hand made valentines and helped kids make their own mailboxes for other valentines, and a middle school showed up on Valentine’s Day and brought small gifts for all the evacuees.
Sometimes it was overwhelming. The call went out for blankets and the Red Cross was buried in them within 45 minutes. Larger kennels were needed for small animals, and within an hour stacks of them were delivered. (as well as enough pet food to start a pet store.)
And this was apparently repeated throughout the northern counties.
So does it surprise me that a wedding was arranged? Not in the slightest. It would have surprised me if it wasn’t arranged.
They all sound like a fine group of loving, caring people making the best of a bad situation, good for them, all of them, the displaced people, the residents of Placer County and everyone who pitched in on short notice. What a memorable Valentine’s Day wedding, and to think that it almost wasn’t to be.
By the way, I don’t know how ads are placed prior to the video on the KFOR site, whether anyone else would have seen the same ad I saw, but I got an excellent one, I know nothing about this company but they’re producing socks to raise money for cancer patients. Made in USA, three designs currently. If anyone else is interested, here’s the web address: