As the world turns its attention to vaccines and the promise of a new year that will bring far better days than 2020 s, it might be easy to forget that a few short months ago, thousands of Oregonians lost their homes during one of the most destructive summer wildfire seasons the state has ever seen. Around 40,000 people were evacuated; over 3,000 buildings burned. It can seem like a distant memory for many but not for those still displaced. Starting in September, Redmond s Super 8 motel was among several motel sites utilized by the Red Cross and other aid groups to house displaced people who had evacuated to Central Oregon. As the Christmas holiday approaches, dozens of people are still at that Super 8. In Bend, a handful of restaurants have stepped up to feed the evacuees. Some four months after the fires, amid COVID restrictions that have shuttered their dining rooms, restaurants including Joolz, Spork, Bethlyn s Global Fusion and others are still feeding fire victims.