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Little Bear Recovery Team

The Little Bear Recovery Center is Relocating!

On October 1, 2012, the Little Bear Recovery Team will be closing the Little Bear Recovery Center on Highway 48 to move to a smaller office at Angus Church of the Nazarene.  The Little Bear Recovery Team would like to express our gratitude to the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints for suppling the building for the Recovery Center.  Likewise, we appreciate the continued support of Angus Church.

Location: The Little Bear Recovery Office will be at Angus Church of the Nazarene.

Hours: Office Hours: Monday – Wednesday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Contact: 575-973-5402 or 1-888-808-4064

Please come by and see us at our new location!

New Hours for the Recovery Center… Reply

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Little Bear Recovery Team

New Hours for the Little Bear Recovery Center

The new hours for the Little Bear Recovery Center on Hwy 48 will be as follows:

Mon – Wednesday: 10:00am – 2:00pm

Note: We will be closed on Monday, September 3rd.

If you would like to contact the Little Bear Recovery Center by phone, please call:

575-336-1584 or 575-336-1068

We are located at 1470 State Hwy 48 between Capitan and Alto, 1.75 miles north of the junction of Hwy 37 and Hwy 48.

The SBA is Here! Reply

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Lincoln County, NM (July 11, 2012): The Small Business Administration Disaster Relief Team is Here! They have set up an office here at the Little Bear Recovery Center on Hwy 48 1.75 miles North of the Hwy 37 cutoff. Please come by and register with them if you have had any sort of loss of personal property or any kind of business loss as a result of the damage caused by the Little Bear Fire incident.

The SBA is available Monday – Friday from 9am – 5:30pm at the Little Bear Recovery Center. The SBA will be here in person until the close of the business day on Thursday, July 26th, 2012.

GETTING DISASTER HELP FROM SBA: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • SBA offers low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, non-profit organizations.
  • SBA disaster loans are the primary source of money to pay for repair or replacement costs not fully covered by insurance or other compensation.
  • Homeowners may borrow up to $200,000 to repair or replace their primary residence.
  • Homeowners and renters may borrow up to $40,000 to replace personal property.
  • Businesses may borrow up to $2 million for any combination of property damage or economic injury.
  • SBA offers low-interest working capital loans (called Economic Injury Disaster Loans) to small businesses and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes having difficulty meeting obligations as a result of the disaster.

SBA Will only be on site at the Recovery Center Until Thursday, July 26. The easiest way to sign up is with them in person, so please come by and take advantage of this opportunity. If you miss them in person, you can still apply by September 7th, 2012 for Physical Damages and April 9th, 2013 for Economic Injury by phone or over the internet. See below for details. But don’t wait, apply now!

THREE WAYS TO APPLY TO SBA

  • Apply in person at any Disaster Loan Outreach Center and receive personal, one-on-one help from an SBA representative. For information or to find a location near you, call SBA at (800) 659-2955 or visit our website at: http://www.sba.gov/content/current-disaster-declarations. Individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing may call (800) 877-8339.
  • You may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure Web site at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.
  • You may complete a paper application and mail it to SBA at: 14925 Kingsport Rd., Ft. Worth, TX 76155-2243.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO SURVIVORS: The SBA Loan Process is the first step for many other types of financial assistance that will be available. If you do not apply with them, you may not be able to apply with other entities and funding sources. So please take a few minutes and do this application process. You don’t have to use any part of the loan if you are accepted.

For more detailed facts about the SBA, please refer to this fact sheet: SBA Fact Sheet

Lots of Updates from the Recovery Team… Reply

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Little Bear Recovery TeamLincoln County, NM (July 2, 2012): Hello Lincoln County and beyond! We wanted to update you on several things that are going on with regards to the ongoing recovery efforts and some preventative measures that are going on here with regards to the potential flooding hazard within the Bonito Watershed.

Little Bear Recovery Center

The Recovery Center has had a very busy few first weeks. Since we officially opened on June 23rd, we have had nearly 90 families that suffered loss of land and/or property come by and register with one of our case workers. We now have over 35 people who have volunteered their time and dedicated their hearts to helping the survivors of this incident as case workers! Each survivor who registers is assigned a caring associate that will help guide them through their own personal recovery process. We are thrilled to offer this service to our neighbors in need. If you are a survivor of the Little Bear Fire and have not registered with the Recovery Center, please come by the center and do so. You can also start the registration process online by clicking on the Survivor tab at the top of this page.

The Recovery Center is changing its hours. The new hours will be from 9am – 3pm Monday – Saturday.

Little Bear Donations Center

The Donations Center is in full operation! The Donation Center is located at 1940 Sudderth Drive in Ruidoso, NM right across the street from the Circle J Barbecue. If you have items that you would like to donate, please feel free to take them to the donation facility Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.   Please take note, both the Recovery Center and the Donation Center will be closed on July 4th.

Here are some guidelines for donations:

  • As mentioned before, we are all set with clothing, so please do not donate clothes.
  • If you are wanting to donate items to the Donations Center, please make sure the items are clean and in good working order. New or “like-new” items are the best choice. Remember that most of the survivor families have no means to clean or fix up items as they are currently displaced from their homes. If you have a lot of older items that can still fetch some money at a garage sale, please consider having a sale and then either donated the proceeds directly or purchasing new items to donate to the survivors. We appreciate you and your desire to give. Please help work together with us to provide the best assistance possible for our friends and neighbors in need. Thank you so very much for standing with us in this effort to help those in need.
  • Survivors who are working on the recovery of their property are in need of tools (power and hand and garden), gloves and work boots.

Financial Donations

We have begun to receive some financial donations from various sources. Thanks to all of you that have given to the Little Bear Fire Fund at City Bank in Ruidoso or have clicked on our Donate button at the upper right side of this screen. 100% of all money donated to this fund will go directly to the benefit of the survivors. All administrative costs are being graciously covered with funds outside of this source so that we can make this promise. As the case managers identify the specific unmet needs of each family, your donations will play a critical part in this recovery effort. The more money we have to offer, the more complete of a recovery solution we can offer. Please carefully consider donating to these families today.

Volunteers

Many of you have taken the time already to fill out our volunteer forms on this site and have been connected with our volunteer coordination team. Thank you for your willingness to participate in this recovery effort. The full recovery may last for many months, so please be aware that the opportunity for you to use your specific skills may be today or it may be sometime in the future. But rest assured, our coordinators will contact you as the needs arise. If you want to volunteer and have not already done so, please fill out the online form here. Or simply visit the Little Bear Recovery Center on Hwy 48, 2 miles north of the Hwy 37 turn off.

There are some immediate needs relating to volunteer efforts in preparation for flood conditions that may arise with our monsoon season, especially along the flood plain of the Rio Bonito Watershed. Please see the following post to get information on how you can help with this effort: Sand Bag Fillers Needed

Also, as we have mentioned numerous times, we have the great privilege and blessing to host the Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Relief Team at the Angus Church of the Nazarene. This ministry still needs volunteers for the all important effort of assisting the survivors with sifting through debris and cleaning off their home sites. Please read the following post to get information about how you can help with these efforts: All Hands On Deck: Samaritan’s Purse Really Needs Our Help…

Stay Safe… Work Together

Little Bear Recovery Center Open for Help! Reply

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Hello Neighbors,

We are very excited to announce the opening of the new Little Bear Recovery Center! This center is designed to be a resource of information for survivors of the Little Bear Fire. If you or someone you know has suffered any kind of loss during this incident, we are here to help. There are literally thousands of people in our community from dozens of organizations that are working together to try to offer assistance to the survivors of this fire. One of the main functions of the Resource Center will be to help the survivors navigate through all the information and resources to try to find the right solutions to meet their immediate and long-term recovery needs. This center will also be the coordination point for the volunteers that are working together to provide assistance to the survivors.

Where is the Recovery Center Located?

The Little Bear Recovery Center is located on Hwy 48 between mile marker 14 and 15 between Capitan and Bonito Park. It is approximately 1.75 miles North of the Hwy 37 turn off. It is on the East side of Hwy 48 (that means if you are coming from Capitan, then it will be on your left. If you are coming from Alto/Ruidoso, it will be on your right). The actual physical address is 1470 State Hwy 48. We will have a map in place soon!

When is the Little Bear Recovery Center Open?

Thanks to the dedication of the volunteer men and women who are staffing this office, we will be open from 7am – 7pm Monday through Friday and from 9am – 3pm on Saturdays. We will be closed on Sundays.

What will you find at the Little Bear Recovery Center?

If you are a survivor of the Little Bear Fire and have suffered a loss as a result of the fire…

  • People who are ready, willing and able to assist you as you begin to navigate through the options and choices that you are facing during this difficult time. Our case managers will work with you from beginning to end. We are local volunteers that have committed to helping you for the long haul.
  • Volunteer organizations that can offer you help from debris cleanup to insurance questions.
  • Resource guides and directories of available resources to help you answer questions quickly now and in the future.

If you are a volunteer wanting to help in the recovery effort…

  • People who can direct you to the right path of volunteering whether it be physical help, spiritual help. technical help, babysitting, etc.
  • Volunteer coordinators that will help get you qualified to start volunteering in this effort.
  • Training for your specific area of help.
  • Volunteer Organizations and experts that can help you get involved in their ongoing efforts.

Please come by and visit us at the Little Bear Recovery Center where neighbors are helping neighbors!