We lost everything, Help us build a home for baby

I am an expectant mama, with a baby due March 2nd.  We just lost our boat home in a fire.  We are asking for help to rebuild.

My fiance Will and I were happy liveaboards on our boat Chickadee, eagerly awaiting the arrival of our new baby girl. 

11 pm, January 8- we woke to a knock from a neighbor, saw fire coming from the boat next door and evacuated Chickadee immediately. No time to grab anything or even put on shoes. Will fought the flames with a fire extinguisher, but the boat was completed engulfed in flames within 5 minutes.

We lost everything and are slowly starting the process of rebuilding. No one is hurt, baby is well, and entering the world soon. We had an outpouring of support from friends and neighbors; folks have donated toiletries, maternity clothing and other basics to get us started

We are asking for donations to help us rebuild. We have only 6 weeks until baby is due, and want to give her a good start, but with our home and things destroyed in the fire, that is hard to imagine.


Help us bring our baby home to a safe and comfortable place. We are not ready to accept baby items at this time, since we are not settled in a home. 

Thanks for your support in this time of tragedy and rebirth! 


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Details on us and how we will use funds 
Who you are: Kate Harrison and Will Leon
Where you're from: We live in Charlestown, MA
Your relationship to the parties you're raising funds for: We are raising funds on our own behalf to cover the costs incurred when our boat home caught on fire and we lost our home and possessions, including temporary accommodations, replacement of possessions. In addition, these funds will go toward the cost of a new permanent home for our family.