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Neighbor Laura Sabatello began by collecting clothing, toiletries, cash and gift certificate for the family. Neighbors, friends and even strangers took to social media to coordinate their efforts.
A GoFundMe account was established. CLICK HERE:
The mother works in the infant delivery unit at Hackensack University Medical Center and the father for PC Richard and Sons.
They have three boys — two of whom attend Fair Lawn High School and one who goes to Bergen Tech.
“The home is destroyed. Their spirits are crushed,” wrote Patricia Fackina Cormack, who established the donation page. “They escaped with the clothes on their backs and not even shoes on their feet.”
“They are temporarily living in a hotel until they can find a rental in Fair Lawn,” Sabatello added.
Last Thursday’s blaze began as a dryer fire and quickly shot up the walls of the 30th Street residence. Although firefighters had it tamed within a half-hour, it flared and blew through the roof again, collapsing it.
Sabatello, who lives across the street, said she was inspired to help because of the generosity she received from neighbors and friends following major surgery in September. Meals and gift cards dropped off at her house made life easier for her and her husband when it was time to eat, she said.
“They are a wonderful family,” she said of her neighbors. “I decided to pay it forward and help them out the way I was helped.”
YOU can help, too.
CLICK HERE: GoFundMe account
PHOTO: Jen Haber
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