Photo by Don Chalfant, Valle Verde resident. Used with permission.

Residents and staff at Valle Verde, an ABHOW retirement community in Santa Barbara, Calif., recently pitched in to help victims of the Jesusita wildfire, which raged through the hills outside the city May 5-9. Valle Verde, which had only days before completed its own disaster drill, took in nearly 140 evacuees during the height of the fire, with staff and many residents stepping up to provide aid and comfort to the displaced. Read more of the story.