Note - below is the original note, but please check the updates for the latest on how you can help and how the Neil family is doing. Thank you all for your help! Tabby is grateful beyond words.

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Hi, I'm Kate, and my friend and elementary school classmate Tabitha Neil just lost everything in a house fire last night (It is Wednesday, January 24, as I write this). She is located in Killington, Vermont.

"Saved my kids but lost some animals and all my things," said Tabby. She is meeting with the Red Cross at 2 p.m. but has absolutely nothing right now. She isn't sure where her home base will be yet.

Immediate needs include:

Material donations can be dropped off to the Killington fire house.