A Manitoba family who lost it all is getting help from complete strangers.
Earlier this week, a home on the Bloodvein First Nation was destroyed by arson.
It’s owners, Jason and Victoria Johnson and their five children were not home at the time. They were in Winnipeg because their youngest son, a 3-year-old, was being treated following a dog attack.
Winnipegger Jay Myshkowsky saw media reports about the Johnson’s story and said he needed to help and has been collecting donations of clothing to furniture to give to the family.
“They looked like a nice couple who just had a really bad circumstance and as a father of two boys it wasn’t hard for me to say, hey, I have some clothes and I have a pick-up truck and it’s not hard for me to say if you have something but you can’t deliver it, I’ll bring it there for you, not a big deal,” said Myshkowsky.
A woman from Woodstock, Ontario, Ashley McCarthy, also came across the Johnson’s story online and contacted the family to encourage them to set up a trust fund. She is now trying to spread the word via social media.
“I will never meet the family but I just really felt for them and what they’re going through and I just wanted them to know that there’s people, you know, that have heard, that care and want to help them out,” said McCarthy in a phone interview with Global News.
Donations can be sent to: Assiniboine Credit Union on McPhillips Street (transit: 72157, bank: 879, account: 1100 124 27354) or you can call Jay directly at 204-926-3507.
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