The Levittown community is working to help the family of 10 left homeless after a quick-moving fire at theirHawthorne Lane home in Bristol Township.
The Reiling family – consisting of a mother, father with eight kids – was displaced after their home caught fire and was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. Thankfully, no one was injured in the blaze.
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A donation drive for the family will be held at George Washington Elementary School on Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Below are the sizes for the items needed:
- Boy – 16 years old – Men’s 30/34 pants, med top and size 11 shoes
- Boy – 14 years old – 14 pants, large boys top and size 6 shoe
- Girl – 12 years old – size 12 pants, extra large girls top and size 8 shoes
- Girl – 14 years – 14 pants or 00 women’s pant, women’s small top and size 6 shoes,
- Girl – 10 years old – 8 – 10 pants, med girls top and size 5 women’s shoes
- Boy – 8 years old – size 8 pants, med children top and size 13 shoes
- Boy – 5 years old – size 5 toddler and size 9 toddler shoes
- Boy – 1 year old – size 2 toddler and 5 toddler shoes
- Mom: Women’s size 12 pants, large top and size 5 women’s shoes
- Dad: Men’s size 34 x 34 pants, extra large top and men’s 11 shoes
Two online fund raising accounts have been set up to help the family recover. One on YouCaring.com has a goal of $5,000 and is more than $3,000 away from its goal as of noon Saturday. Another, is on GoFundMe. The GoFundMe account is at over $3,400 and continues to grow.
The Levittown Pacific Little League and George Washington PTO are working to help gather donations for the family. Jim Reiling, the father of the children, is a volunteer with the little league.
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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
