
Help my Brother Recover from a Devastating Fire
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Hi, my name is Rain. I have started this GoFundMe for my brother, John. John lost everything he owned, including his vehicle, in a vehicle fire this morning in Ellsworth. John worked as a subcontractor painting, and all of his equipment was in his vehicle. My brother is also an artist and does chainsaw carvings, and he lost his chainsaw in the fire as well. We are so thankful that he survived the fire; he was so very lucky. He has 3rd degree burns to his right hand and has to go to Portland to the burn unit to have his hand treated and cared for. John has no health insurance, and his vehicle insurance was just liability. He made it out with a small bag of dirty laundry and one pair of shoes. He also lost what money he had on him and all of his identification. He is not out of the woods yet, as he is susceptible to infection, etc., and has a risk of losing the use of his right hand. John is out of work until he is healed, which will take some time. He also lost his only ability to get back and forth to work. Please help me to help my brother. We have never done a GoFundMe, and I would not ask if there was any other way to help him. If you are not able to help financially, please share. I am so very thankful my brother is still here to talk to.
Thank you to everyone who has been reaching out and helping. Please keep sharing this fundraiser to your pages(instagram, FB, tik tok, etc…). Every bit helps.
We will know more about the damage to his hand in about 3 weeks. Once the burn has declared itself(words from the DR).
12/17/24 John continues to heal from his burns to his R Hand. We still do not know the extent of damage and if Physical therapy will be needed to regain full function as scarring causes loss of flexibility & range of motion. This is hard emotionally. Yes, my brother is a grown man and I know people may think he may not need assistance but he does. He lost everything and if you have never experienced a loss of everything it is devastating. It is devastating to him and for us as his family. There are things that can never be replaced that he lost. Emotionally this is so overwhelming.
Thank you to those who have reached out to help and to those that continue. It is the season of giving so please consider. Please reach out to myself if you wish to help in other ways verses donating on GoFundMe. I can meet to pick up donations, you can mail gift cards, however you wish to help is so appreciated.
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Rain Bowden-King
Organizer
Bradford, ME