Subject: "How the Fire Stole Christmas"
From: Amy Elaine Wakeland <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:41:35 +0000

John -
p. “How the fire stole Christmas.” That’s what the LA Times wrote about the loss of 2,000 Holiday Gift Bags containing much-needed supplies to help some of LA’s neediest seniors this holiday season.

Will you join my husband, Mayor Garcetti, and me with a donation to save the holidays for our elderly neighbors? <http://mayorsfundla.org/donate/>

Thanks to the quick and hard work of our own LA Fire Department, the inferno that engulfed the apartment building downtown was extinguished without injuries or loss of life. That’s a miracle in itself. But along with the fire went 2,000 Holiday Gift Bags of blankets, clothing, gift certificates, and other necessities destined for the seniors who have so little this holiday season. Most of the bags' contents were donated and assembled by LA City employees as part of our Department of Aging's Project CARE.

Will you join Eric and me in replacing those needed supplies by donating now to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles? <http://mayorsfundla.org/donate/>

I love our City because it really is a community. When we come together, we can do anything. Please join us today so that we can usher in 2015 for those who have given us the most and have the least.

$20.15 buys half a Holiday Gift Bag. $40.30 buys a complete bag. Or chip in for a blanket or a meal. Eric and I are buying the first 25 bags. Will you join us? <http://mayorsfundla.org/donate/>

Thanks for all you do to make this the City of Angels.

Amy Elaine Wakeland
First Lady of Los Angeles

LA Times Story <http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gift-bag-fire-20141208-story.html>

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