A Sacramento woman is asking North State residents to help the approximately 140 former mill workers in Weed who lost their jobs when Roseburg Forest Products closed its veneer plant three weeks before Christmas.

Former Weed resident and businesswoman Haylee Parker said she launched the “Together for Weed” relief fund on fundraising website GiveButter.com to help former mill workers and their families make ends meet at Christmas. She’s also collecting item donations, she said.

The mill was “the business the city of Weed was founded on,” said Parker, who pointed out the number of people laid off and their families constitute a significant part of the town’s 2,765 population . “Generations of families worked at that mill.” This is going to “have a big economic impact on the community

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