Strangers giving to help fire victims

By News Staff

Posted Dec 24, 2009 07:51:46 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Nova Scotians are reaching out at Christmas time helping a couple of recent fire victims in the HRM.

Five members of the Keizer family lost everything in that Cowie Hill fire yesterday morning, they had no insurance.

The Spryfield Sobeys has donated  500 dollars to the family and is taking donations from the public.

The Salvation Army family resource centre in Spryfield is also a main base for those looking to assist.

The Salvation Army is also helping out  Kim gates, The Lower Sackville woman whose mobile home burned down a week ago leaving her homeless.

She also had no insurance.

Gates tells the CBC strangers have been dropping by to donate money to her.

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