Welcome Friday, January 7th, colleagues…

Last week, a Colorado wildfire damaged and destroyed more than 900 homes in Boulder County.

An estimated 35,000 people were displaced by the Marshall Fire and Middle Fork Fire, and two people were still missing as of Monday. 

The blaze moved quickly across grassy prairies into the wildland-urban interface, charring subdivisions in the towns of Superior and Louisville. The area was in the midst of a severe drought and a regional wind event with gusts of 75 to over 100 mph heightened the fire danger. A number of national and local organizations are providing relief in areas impacted by the wildfire:

• The American Red Cross of Colorado and the national organization are accepting donations for disaster relief.
• Colorado Gives and the Community Foundation of Boulder County are accepting financial donations through a Wildfire Fund

Learn about other ways you can help the wildfire victims. 

Biden Tells Ukrainian President the U.S. ‘Will Respond Decisively’ if Russia Invades Further

President Joe Biden on Sunday told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the U.S. and its allies “will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine."

The meeting comes after Biden held a similar call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which Putin was urged to de-escalate his military buildup on Ukraine’s border and warned there will be a response from the U.S. and its allies.

Prior to the call, Putin removed 10,000 Russian troops from the Ukrainian border, but tens of thousands remain and continue to pose a threat of renewed invasion.

Are you concerned about Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s border?

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