Garden Grove : Donations Sought for Victims of Fire
The Chamber of Commerce and the Crystal Cathedral’s Helping Hands Ministry are collecting donations for a family that lost a child in an apartment fire last week.
Toni Jones, 36, lost her 3-year-old son Aaron after a space heater placed too close to a mattress ignited a blaze that destroyed the apartment. Other fire victims in the community have offered support for her family, including one man who lost his 4-year-old son in a similar blaze.
Joseph de la Riva, whose son was killed in a Tustin apartment fire last year, made a televised appeal on behalf of the Jones family Friday.
The fund was started by resident Frank Kazerski, who lost his own apartment in a 1989 fire. “The immediate goal of the . . . campaign is to help the family financially. The drive (will run until) March 29 when the chamber will (present) a check of all the proceeds” to Jones, he said. “(The Jones family is) very grateful that the community wants to get involved.”
Donations may be sent to the Jones Family Memorial Fund, care of the chamber at 11400 Stanford Ave., Garden Grove, Calif. 92640. Tax-deductible contributions may be sent to Helping Hands Ministry/Jones Family Fund at 2210 Dupont Drive, Anaheim, Calif. 92805.
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