CHULA VISTA – “What would you do if this was you? What would you want one person to do for you if this was you in that situation? And if it was me in my car stuck on a freeway with my children, my in-laws, my pets and no place to go, surrounded by smoke and fire, what would you want somebody to do for you.”
That’s Mellie Melilo, and for herself, and her fellow organizer, Katia Callahan, the answer to that is bringing together supplies for people after the Los Angeles fires.
“It’s the senior facilities, it’s the dog shelters, it’s the hospitals, it’s the little people that have nothing,” said Mellie. “That’s where my heart goes to.”…