KKTV ran an article titled “Giving Tuesday” on December, 1st, 2020 about helping those in need who can't provide food, shelter and clothes.

According to non-profit organization leaders, there is a day called ¨Giving Tuesday¨ that comes every year after Black Friday. It's a day where many people volunteer to help feed, shelter and give clothes to people who don't have families or just can´t provide those things.

Cindy Aubrey who is also known as a Pikes Peak United Way’s chief executive officer said, ¨The need is tremendous. Right after Thanksgiving, people found that they don’t have a job.¨

There is a similar thing called ¨Colorado Gives Day¨. It encourages Coloradans to donate to the service to help many people during this holiday season. Nonprofits say they generally pull in more from Colorado Gives Day and Giving Tuesday.

For more information, read the full article-here.

9NEWS posted an article titled ¨Fire Fighter Spends 5 weeks on Ventilator After Catching Covid-19 Fighting Cameron Peak Fire¨ on November 30th, 2020.

Jason Phillips came to Colorado from Washington State on August 10th 2020 to fight the Cameron Peak Fire. On August 25th, 2020, he couldn't breathe and was shaking very badly.

Jason Phillips specifically said, “By that afternoon, my life was turned upside down. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t keep anything down. My whole entire body was shaking so bad, I couldn’t hold a pencil to write my own name.¨

He went to the hospital and directly went to the emergency room, on August 26th the doctors told him that ¨he had a 50- 50 chance of surviving only if he got put on a ventilator and if he did not he would be dead in the morning.¨

For five weeks, he stayed in a ventilator in the ICU until he tested negative for Covid-19. After being in a coma for 39 days he couldn't walk and had to talk with the help of supplemental oxygen because his breathing is still labored.

Many doctors told him that it might take him a year to recover from Covid-19, but he does not regret coming to Colorado and helping with the fire. He hopes he can return to fight fires in 2020 after he recovers from Covid-19.

For more information, read the full article- here.