{"id":49729,"date":"2026-09-04T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=49729"},"modified":"2026-09-25T18:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:07:52","slug":"helping-fire-evacuees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/helping-fire-evacuees\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping fire evacuees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sep-04-BC.04.Chabad-wildfire-aid_delivering-packages.jpg\" alt=\"photo - Gift bags full of essentials were delivered to Okanagan Indian Band Westside Road evacuees, many of whom lost their homes in the fir\" class=\"wp-image-49733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sep-04-BC.04.Chabad-wildfire-aid_delivering-packages.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sep-04-BC.04.Chabad-wildfire-aid_delivering-packages-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Gift bags full of essentials were delivered to Okanagan Indian Band Westside Road evacuees, many of whom lost their homes in the fire. (photo from Chabad Okanagan)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As wildfires continue to force families from their homes across the Okanagan, Chabad Okanagan, led by Rabbi Shmuly and Fraidy Hecht, has turned into a helpline. Chabad Okanagan volunteers are connecting evacuees with host families, baking and delivering fresh bread daily, and getting essentials \u2013&nbsp; food, toiletries, blankets, even pet supplies \u2013 directly into the hands of people who\u2019ve lost everything. Because every act of kindness lifts a life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 Courtesy Chabad Lubavitch BC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sep-04-BC.04.Chabad-wildfire-aid_challah.jpg\" alt=\"photo - More than 100 loaves of homemade bread, chocolate muffins and chocolate chip cookies were delivered to the Comfort Centre for Bald Range Wildfire evacuees.\" class=\"wp-image-49731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sep-04-BC.04.Chabad-wildfire-aid_challah.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sep-04-BC.04.Chabad-wildfire-aid_challah-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>More than 100 loaves of homemade bread, chocolate muffins and chocolate chip cookies were delivered to the Comfort Centre for Bald Range Wildfire evacuees. (photo from Chabad Okanagan)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As wildfires continue to force families from their homes across the Okanagan, Chabad Okanagan, led by Rabbi Shmuly and Fraidy Hecht, has turned into a helpline. Chabad Okanagan volunteers are connecting evacuees with host families, baking and delivering fresh bread daily, and getting essentials \u2013&nbsp; food, toiletries, blankets, even pet supplies \u2013 directly into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":49733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2705,22306,218,859],"class_list":["post-49729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-chabad-okanagan-centre","tag-fraidy-hecht","tag-judaism","tag-shmuly-hecht"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49729"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49738,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49729\/revisions\/49738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}