Two years ago, Carl Walton joined the Pasadena Run Club for a sense of community, but he ended up getting so much more after the deadly Eaton Fire destroyed his home in Altadena, California, earlier this year.

"It literally burned up, right in front of me," Walton, an Uber driver and massage therapist, recalled.

Walton lost everything — as did about a dozen members of the run club who also lost their homes in the blaze. The club responded with temporary shelter, food and clothes. They organized fundraisers and became a changed group in a changed city.

"They've been here the whole time, helping me the whole time, just on all levels," Walton told CBS News.

Ronnie Ferraz co-founded the run club four years ago.

"Every day, we would learn that there was somebody new affected by the fire,

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