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The Lachenbruch Family
(Dan, Conner, Cooper and Gavin)
The Lachenbruch Family take a
break from digging through the rubble of their home
(Photo by Marcie Sands)
Dan Lachenbruch is a single
father and 20 Year Veteran Firefighter for the La Mesa Fire Department.
He was on duty fighting the San Diego Harris Fire when his own
Rancho Bernardo home was consumed by the Witch fire. He was only
able to return to his burned home on Saturday October 27, as he
was on duty fighting fires all week. When Dan is not fighting
fires, he and his boys are on the soccer field or camping and
hiking. Conner is a 9th grader, Cooper is 6 and Gavin is 4.
The Lachenbruch
Family's Wish List
-gift cards to Costco
and REI
-gift cards to home, furniture
& clothing stores such as: Target,
Walmart, The
Home Depot, Sears
-prepaid VISA
gift cards (for use at locations that accept Visa)
WHERE TO SEND GIFT
CARD OR CASH DONATIONS TO THE LACHENBRUCH FAMILY:
Dan Lachenbruch
& Family
17787 Creciente Way
San Diego, CA 92127
*ANOTHER WAY TO CONTRIBUTE:
Dan's fellow Fire Fighters have set up a Fire Fund on Dan's behalf
at La Mesa Credit Union. Fire funds in the form of checks and/or
money orders made out to LMCC in care of Dan Lachenbruch can be
mailed to LMCC, P.O. Box 1541, La Mesa, CA 91944. Phone 619-462-7030.
You can confirm the addresses of these homes destroyed by fire on
the City of San Diego Government site at http://sandiego.gov/
or download the destroyed homes list at: List
of Fire Damaged Homes - 2007 Firestorm Damage Assessment (PDF: 56K).
Because we are NOT a non-profit agency, please keep receipts for
anything you purchase and consult your tax professional for deductibility.
Items will go directly to the Post Office for the families until
their homes are rebuilt. Please do not send donated items unless
otherwise specified, as these families are displaced and do not
have places to store bulky items yet. If you would like to enclose
a personal note with your donation, please do so.
A US flag marks the spot where the Lachenbruch family home used
to be. A few walls and a pile of rubble is all that is left
(Photo by Marcie Sands)
The Lachenbruch Boys sit in a tree that is still standing on
their property (Photo by Marcie Sands)
La Mesa firefighters Tom Brown, left, and Justin Ireland, right,
take a break while digging through the wreckage of a fellow La
Mesa firefighter's home in the Rancho Bernardo neighborhood of
San Diego Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. The firefigher, Dan Lachenbruch,
was unable to come look through the wreckage himself because he
was still working on the Harris wildfire.(AP Photo/Denis
Poroy)
Dan Lachenbruch Family
Updates:
Dan appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show to be honored for his
firefighting service on Friday, November 16th, 2007.
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