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Eva Longoria comforts first responders, clears debris, and more after devastating LA fires

The filmmaker and actress also pledged $1 million to support wildlife relief efforts

Eva Longoria supporting laborers and volunteers of the Los Angeles fires devastation

JANUARY 16, 2025 11:07 AM ESTJAN 16, 2025, 11:07 AM EST

Eva Longoria is helping out the city of Los Angeles as best she can. The filmmaker and actress returned to one of the affected areas this Wednesday, January 15th, helping volunteers and offering her support as she packaged supplies and cleared out the debris making the area inhospitable.

Eva Longoria comforts a fellow volunteer

Photographers captured Longoria supporting her community in different ways, collaborating with volunteers as they all tried their best to show up for their city.

She wore a comfortable all-black outfit that allowed her to move around and help, paired with sneakers and a Los Angeles cap.

Eva Longoria clearing debris from an affected neighborhood

Longoria worked with NDLON, GEM and This is About Humanity, an organization she'd previously supported by donating $50,000.

In an Instagram post, she revealed she donated "to support frontline workers, farm workers, day laborers and families impacted by the wildfires."

Eva Longoria has offered as much support as she can to help out the community in Los Angeles

This past Monday, Longoria took things further; the Eva Longoria Foundation pledged a million dollars to Julián Castro's Latino Community Foundation’s Wildfire Relief Fund and the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund.

Longoria revealed that the large sum of money was in part due to the Bezos Courage and Civility Award, granted to her by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.

Eva Longoria taking a photo with volunteers and laborers working on the LA fires recovery efforts

The award allows recipients to donate a sum of money to a charity that aligns with their views.

"I was really lucky to get the Courage and Civility Award from Lauren and Jeff," said Longoria in an appearance on The Today Show.

Longoria and a volunteer surveying the area

"That's really dedicated to what my foundation has always been doing, which is education and entrepreneurship and economic mobility," continued Longoria.

She revealed that the devastation of the fires prompted her and her foundation to be proactive and try something different.

Eva Longoria distributing care packages to workers and volunteers

"But when something like this happens, we were like, 'How do we pivot? We've got to do something.' I'm in a very privileged position to help. And I just was like, 'Let's do it, we got to do this,'" she said.

Longoria's volunteer work consisted of various tasks, including helping distribute PPE care packages, handing out meals to volunteers and workers, providing emotional support to people who had been affected, and more.