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Families drove up in their cars to the Napa County Fairground, where Global Empowerment Mission volunteers gave them boxes of food and gift cards provided by Calistoga Cares and the Sue Hostetler and Beau Wrigley Family Foundation.

Action News Now spoke to the President of Global Empowerment Mission, Michael Capponi, to see how they stepped up. "Today it is 37 families directly effected, every single person lost everything. Homes burnt to ashes, we are giving them some financial assistance,” said Capponi.

Berry Creek, Calif. - One humanitarian group is looking to help Bear Fire victims, two years after they helped Camp Fire survivors.

Camas, WA — When Jacquie Hill, owner of Body Bliss Yoga, decided to organize a donation center for regional wildfire evacuees, she had no idea the incredible response she’d get. Hill partnered up with Blake Brinker, a local Camas resident, who is working with the Global Empowerment Mission to ensure these supplies get to people who need them the most.

Global Empowerment Mission spoke with families at Jackson County Expo who were displaced on Sept. 19. (KTVL/Megan Willgoos)

Flynn Fournier,6, Link Fournier, 3, and Maverick Fournier, 8, receive gifts from Blake Brinker, care of the Brinker Family, BStrong and Global Empowerment Mission, at Scotts Mills City Hall in Scotts Mills, Oregon on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

The Global Empowerment Mission on Thursday kicked off a multi-town stop to offer help. The group is based in Florida and traveled to Oregon to help people impacted by wildfires. The group says it will be here for the long haul to help communities get back on their feet.

A bright red sky and flames as Edwards escaped Detroit. Edwards owned a gas station there for 27 years. She said one of her employees, Ellen Hatt-Nickel, saved her.

Shauna Edwards, 74, of Detroit reunited on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2020, with her daughters Janine Edwards, 39, and Jen Schaumburg, 42, who both came in from California following devastating fires in Oregon.

Global Empowerment Mission is another organization that has come to town and gone directly to the affected areas to hand out cash cards and emergency supplies.

Hicks threw a fundraising dinner for the Global Empowerment Mission after Hurricane Dorian devastated the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco in 2019.

Since March, almost every industry has been negatively impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19, causing our city to shut down—save for a few essential businesses

The hospitals received N95 masks, surgical masks and full body protective suits from Bethenny Frankel's foundation during the coronavirus.

Like with other recent catastrophic natural disasters, Bethenny Frankel is stepping up to help through her BStrong disaster relief initiative. While The Real Housewives of New York City alum has been sheltering in place in the Hamptons, and giving followers a glimpse into her daily routine on Instagram, she has also been leading an incredible effort to support those on the frontlines of the pandemic.

Rachel Maddow points out that since the federal government is not doing anything to help prevent the loss of lives at nursing homes and long-term care facilities where the coronavirus is doing the most damage, Americans should make themselves aware on a local level where these facilities are...

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico on the morning of Saturday, May 2, causing damage to buildings on the island, including to the Ponce Massacre Museum, a human rights museum and historic building.

Her disaster relief organization, BStrong, in partnership with Global Empowerment Mission, has already raised over $4.5 million in funds and has distributed $18 million worth of protective equipment nationwide for essential workers in need.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves will be donating 80,000 face masks to health workers combating the spread of COVID-19 in the United States.

Apr. 13, 2020 - 4:14 - Entrepreneur and TV star Bethenny Frankel on COVID-19 relief efforts; donate at Bethenny.com/BStrong