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House fire that spread across the block in Bronx: help the Lakeview neighborhood rebuild

After the house fire that spread across the block, families in the Lakeview neighborhood need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

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Paloma C. Peña
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Bronx
The house fire that spread across the block hit the Lakeview neighborhood on 13 April. My home was one of 14 damaged, and 9 families are still in temporary shelter at the local school gym. The first few days we shared what little we had. Now the cleanup has started, but we've no money for materials and winter or the rainy season is coming. Schools in the area have been closed, and the clinic lost its cold storage for vaccines. We're a small community of working families who have never asked for help before. We have formed a volunteer committee, and I'm the treasurer, so I'll post receipts for everything we buy. Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters. Where the $5,750 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $1,850 • Clean water and purification supplies: $430 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $590 • Food parcels for displaced families: $1,600 • Tools and labor for repairs: $1,280 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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    Exceptional service

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  • Jordan W. Guerrero

    Keep going, Paloma. More neighborhoods should do this. After 26 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Buenos Aires

    • Jericho H. Marquez

      Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope June is when things finally get easier. All the best.

      • Aravind G. Gounder

        everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Bronx!

        • Jagadish E. Subramanian

          thanks for sharing this, Paloma. Shared it with a few friends. My husband and I read this together.

          • Naufal Budi Wibowo

            stay strong, Paloma. Hope this works out for you.

            • Megumi Reiko Hirano

              Thinking of you, Paloma. I hope things turn around soon.

              • Bello Chukwuemeka Ibrahim

                looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Bronx.

                • Cynthia N. Yang

                  Keep going. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

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