A benefit is being planned to raise money for the families impacted by a devastating fire in Pubnico Head, N.S.
On Jan. 7, fire ripped through a home on Highway 3. Two adults and four children were inside the home when the blaze broke out.
The two adults made it out of the home alive, but four children ranging in age from three months to seven-years-old died.
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“An Evening of Music with Musicians” is being planned for Friday, Feb. 9 at the West Pubnico Legion.
Alexandra Dawn Rogerson worked with the mother of one of the children who died in the fire for many years. She is organizing the event along with members of her band, Alumni8.
“I live in the community and I know most of the kids,” she said. “I’m a musician and I have lots of musician friends, why not put on a concert.”
Rogerson says the legion gave them the hall for free, as well as bar tending services.
“I’ve actually had quite a few musicians call that are interested,” she said. “It’s actually a little overwhelming”
There will be no charge at the door for the event, however donations will be collected with all funds going to the families.
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An online fundraising auction called “Helping the Pubnico Families Online Auction Fundraiser” is also taking off online.
Mary Lloy started the auction on Jan. 10 to try to raise some money to help with expenses.
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“It kind of took a mind of its own,” she said.
Lloy says everyone in the Tri-County area is touched by what happened. While she doesn’t know the families involved personally, Lloy says as a mother and a grandmother herself, “it hit everybody right to the core.”
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Lloy says 1,000 people joined the auction group on the first day and that people from across Canada and even as far away as China are participating.
“It’s amazing what people are actually doing with this,” said Lloy.
“It just grew and grew and grew.”
Lloy believes the fundraising efforts have been therapeutic to help everyone with the grief they are feeling.
“I just don’t want the children to be forgotten,” she said.
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Lloy says she has previously organized online auctions but has never had this type of response and is surprised by the outpouring of support.
When she first started the fundraiser, Lloy was hoping to raise $10,000 but has already exceeded her personal goal.
“We’ll probably triple that and maybe more,” she told Global News.
The online auction officially closes at 5 p.m. on Jan. 17.
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Accounts In Trust have been opened at the Credit Union and the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) under the name “Pubnico Fire Relief Fund.”
The public can make donations at any Credit Union or RBC branch in Atlantic Canada using that name.
The funds will be administered with the help of an EMO coordinator and local community members at a later date.
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The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, however, RCMP have said that is it not suspicious.
The Medical Examiner’s Office says that their work is ongoing. Once it is finished, the results will be shared directly with the families, RCMP and the Fire Marshal.
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