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SANTA BARBARA, CA (December 12, 2008) \u2013 Chris Call, vice president of Westmont College, says that he and the rest of the school community are grateful for the support they continue to receive a month after the wildfire that burned roughly 30 percent of the campus.
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\n\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone here is feeling like they\u2019re going it alone,\u201d says Call, who also serves as chair of the Montecito Covenant Church<\/a>. \u201cI have just felt upheld by prayer both physically and spiritually. I\u2019ve seen this in others as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

On November 13, what has been dubbed the Tea Fire swept through the Westmont campus, destroying eight buildings and 15 faculty homes. A total of 62 students, several staff members and a retired professor lost their residences as well, according to the school\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who has been on the campus has been amazed that more damage wasn\u2019t done,\u201d Call says.<\/p>\n

Call helped formulate the disaster response plan at the school that helped keep 600 students safe when the fire struck. Students spent the night in the college\u2019s cinder-block gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Classes were cancelled for several weeks while the college worked to make resumption of classes possible. \u201cA lot of people have been putting in a lot of extraordinary hours,\u201d Call says. \u201cI\u2019m just filled with gratitude for my colleagues and staff. I\u2019ve seen so many people going above and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school brought in mobile buildings for residences and offices so that classes could resume. On December 1, Westmont reopened with a special chapel service of renewal and hope.<\/p>\n

Call says that students generally are doing well emotionally in response to the fire. After the blaze, more than 100 students volunteered to help others in the surrounding community.<\/p>\n

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