BALCH SPRINGS — Fred Jackson, 67, browsed through stacks of clothing donated Saturday to victims of a devastating fire, looking for anything he could take...
A block party-turned-benefit collected donations for the residents of the 26 homes that were damaged by Monday’s blaze.
Block-party essentials remained at the benefit at Mackey Elementary School — not far from where the fire burned days earlier — including a bounce house, upbeat music and yard games, with Soulman’s Bar-B-Que catering the staples of a summer fest. But a large tent in the parking lot, with clothes hanging from its sides as volunteers organized hundreds of donations, showed that this was a different kind of community gathering.
Cars rolled up for hours as people dropped off whatever they could. Balch Springs City Council member Marie Tedei said the donations were “coming from every corner” of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. “They want to go home, and we have to explain to them that the home had some damage and we can’t go there,” he said.
Sandra Johnson-Williams searches through donations of shoes Saturday. Johnson-Williams said she lost countless family heirlooms, pictures and other items in the fire. “We barely got out,” she said. “It was very traumatic and overwhelming. There were things in there that are irreplaceable.”
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