TokyoPop Contributes $10K To Binc Foundation’s SoCal Fire Relief Fund

Los Angeles based publisher and pioneering manga and anime media brand TokyoPop has announced that is has contributed $10,000 to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s (Binc) matching gift pool to benefit those in the book and comics industry affected by the ongoing L.A. wildfires.

Binc has posted a form on its website for contributors who wish to use the matching pool to double their donations. The first $55,000 in contributions will be matched dollar for dollar no matter the size. The organization offers financial assistance grants and mental health wellness programs to qualified book and comic store owners and their employees.

So far, the fires have burned more than 62 square miles according to Cal Fire’s figures. The death toll stands at 25 and is considered likely to rise. As many as 82,400 residents remain under immediate evacuation orders or warnings of imminent evacuation.

At least 12,000 structures are believed to have been destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades fires alone, the two biggest of the conflagrations. As of Friday, January 17 th , the Palisades Fire, which has charred more than 23,700 acres, is 22-percent contained and still a significant threat to neighborhoods on the west side of Los Angeles, while the Eaton fire at some 14,000 acres near Pasadena is 55-percent contained.


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