{"id":24420,"date":"2015-01-09T15:29:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T20:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=24420"},"modified":"2015-01-09T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T20:29:15","slug":"fund-started-to-help-victims-of-kennett-sq-nye-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=24420","title":{"rendered":"Fund started to help victims of Kennett Sq. NYE fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A tragic fire on New Year’s Eve left a Kennett Square family homeless and without even the basic necessities. The community is coming together to help this family restart its life.<\/p><\/div>\n

KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 A New Year\u2019s Eve fire left Shant\u00e9 Maxwell\u2019s family shaken and displaced, but the greater Kennett community is coming together to help them put their lives back together.<\/p>\n

A fund has been established to help the Maxwell family \u2014 and many groups in the Kennett area are stepping up to help out.<\/p>\n

The fire \u2014 only a few blocks away and about 90 minutes before the annual Mushroom Drop \u2014 left the Linton Street family devastated, but thankful to have escaped.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt blessed that everyone was able to get out,\u201d Maxwell says.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s home and possessions are nearly a total loss, though, and Shante\u2019s three children and fianc\u00e9 are scattered, staying with various relatives. Two of the family\u2019s cats died in the fire, and the third is missing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy children loved their animals,\u201d Maxwell says, sadly. \u201cI just really want my family back together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maxwell is grateful for strong community support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Fire Company got to the house very quick, and some neighbors provided me with blankets to keep warm while I was watching our home burn. I am very thankful to them, and to our neighbors on Broad Street who gave coats and gift cards to my children,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The Red Cross generously housed the family in a hotel until last Monday, but that benefit has run out.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything I had is gone \u2013 my kids\u2019 Christmas presents, our money, even my ID. We have nothing to start over with,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Maxwell said she and her family want to continue living in Kennett.<\/p>\n

Theresa Bass, the president of the Joseph & Sarah Carter Community Development Corporation, is worried about daughter Jalayshia\u2019s progress at Kennett Middle School.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s doing so well in school, and she\u2019s a very strong youth leader in our neighborhood. We need to do all we can to help.\u201d Bass adds, \u201cI hate to think that this could be a set-back, especially when so many folks care so much in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donations to assist Shant\u00e9, Jermaine, Jalayshia (12), Jameer,(4) and Jyasia(2) can be made to the Carter CDC, PO Box 37, Kennett Square, PA 19348; please designate the \u201cMaxwell Family Fund.\u201d Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.<\/p>\n

The Carter CDC was founded a decade ago by members of the community to improve the quality of life in the Historic East Linden Neighborhood of Kennett Square and in surrounding communities. Police Chief and Carter CDC Board of Directors member Ed Zunino states that the organization \u201chas managed to turn the tides on what was once a crime ridden illegal drug activity area to one of peaceful law abiding serenity and tranquility for the most part.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 A New Year\u2019s Eve fire left Shant\u00e9 Maxwell\u2019s family shaken and displaced, but the greater Kennett community is coming together to help them put their lives back together. A fund has been established to help the Maxwell family \u2014 and many groups in the Kennett area are stepping up to help out. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[6445,6622,90,6597],"class_list":["post-24420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-fire","tag-fund","tag-kennett-square","tag-linden-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24422,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24420\/revisions\/24422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}