The Recording Academy charity helped more than 3,200 music professionals impacted by the devastating blaze<\/p>\n
\n\tOne year after fires ravaged across Los Angeles<\/a> County, wiping out entire neighborhoods in its wake, residents have come together to rebuild \u2014 a bold example of the resiliency and strength of the L.A. community<\/a>. Among the organizations that have helped survivors navigate the aftermath and loss is MusiCares<\/a>, a charity that works in partnership with the Recording Academy, and has since directed $15 million toward relief. <\/p>\n \n\tThe organization announced the news on Wednesday, sharing that they have helped more than 3,200 music professionals through direct financial assistance, health and wellness services, and long-term recovery support. MusiCares distributed $7 million immediately following the fires to help with urgent needs and ongoing recovery, per the charity. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cRecovery does not happen on a fixed schedule,\u201d said Theresa Wolters, Executive Director of MusiCares. \u201cWe continue to hear from people who have been in survival mode for nearly a year, rebuilding homes, juggling displacement, trying to keep working, and only now able to focus on their own health and stability. That delayed need is a very real part of disaster recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tDarryl \u201cJMD\u201d Moore was among the many artists who lost not only their homes, but also their studios, instruments, and livelihoods. \u201cI lost the 1965 Rogers Holiday drum kit I used to record \u2018Inner City Boundaries\u2019 with Freestyle Fellowship, and all of the tapes I made with those kids. Our whole archives burned to dust,\u201d Moore, whose Altadena residence and decades-old equipment burned in the blaze, told Rolling Stone<\/a> for a feature marking the one-year anniversary of the fires.<\/p>\n \n\tMoore also detailed the impact MusiCares had on him and his family in a social media post<\/a> shared Wednesday. \u201cMusic care has made it possible for me to get an interface, a mic free, an accelerator that gave me the basic components it took for me to start being creative,\u201d said the producer, who added the organization also gave him a grant to help pay his rent and mortgage. \u201cIt\u2019s allowed us to regain some of ourselves. \u2026 Music cares was a gift of love.\u201d<\/p>\n \t