DORCAS — Friends and strangers are rallying to help a family of five who was burned out of their home Wednesday.
Dorcas Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Polinsky, who offered the station as a drop-off site for donations, said the phone rang constantly Thursday morning with folks calling to find out how to help.
Tammy and Ritchie Golden rushed out of their burning home on Spruce Lane with their 10-year-old granddaughter and their two adult daughters, one pregnant and the other a paraplegic.
Everything in the home was destroyed, including baby shower gifts and clothing belonging to their adult son, Ritchie, and his 3-year-old son, Ritchie.
No one was injured. They family is staying at the Hampton Inn in Crestview where Tammy works.
“I want to tell everyone thank you so much and thank you for your prayers,” she said, crying. “It takes something like this to know that there are a lot of really good people in the world.
“We’re really blessed.”
How to Help
Donations can be dropped off at the Dorcas Volunteer Fire Department at 4418 Poverty Creek Road.
Here are family member’s clothing and shoe sizes.
Rich:
Pants: 34/34
Shirts: XL
Shoes: 12-13
Richie: (adult son)
Pants: 32/34
Shirts: L
Shoes: 12
“Baby” Ritchie – 3 years old
Tammy:
Pants: 7
Shirts: Medium
Shoes: 11
Jewelie Bellew: (seven and a half months pregnant with a boy)
Maternity clothes: L
Shoes: 8.5
April Hutchinson: (paraplegic)
Pants: 0-1
Shirts: Medium
Shoes (doesn’t wear shoes)
Trinity Cassell– age 10
Pants: 12
Shirts: Medium
Shoes: 4
Other: “Girly girl,” loves hair ties, accessories, purses
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