After A Fire Destroyed The Cars Of 10 Employees Working At A Chick-fil-A, The Community Quickly Raised $83,000 To Replace Them All
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On February 21st, a fast-moving grass fire made its way across I-40 in Oklahoma City, where things quickly got out of control.
Before firefighters could contain the blaze, the flames had already reached the parking lot of the local Chick-fil-A and destroyed the cars of 10 employees working there.
“This incident began as a grass fire on the north side of I-40,” Oklahoma City Fire wrote in a Tweet.
“The strong south winds quickly caused this fire to spread into some evergreen bushes next to the Chic-fil-A parking lot.”
“The fast growing fire spread into ten vehicles. All ten vehicles belong to the employees.”
Oklahoma City Fire; pictured above firefighters extinguish the ten cars that went up in flames in the parking lot of Chick-fil-A
Not only did these 10 employees completely lose their cars in the fire; many of them lost some of their valuables and personal belongings as well.
Carey Faber took to GoFundMe in an effort to rally the community together to help the employees after they suffered their losses.
“These full-time employees are not in a position to replace their vehicles, which are needed for transportation not only to and from work but also for the everyday needs of their families,” Carey pointed out.
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“If you would like to help, please consider joining our heartfelt cause in providing funds to help these team members purchase 10 vehicles.”
“All donations received will be split among the 10 families. No gift is too small. Our desire is to help these families get up and running and back to normal as soon as possible.”
In just a few days, Carey was able to help raise more than $83,000, which is enough money to make sure all 10 of the employees will be able to purchase new cars to replace what they all lost.
GoFundMe; pictured above the employees who lost their cars say thank you to the community for helping them replace their vehicles
When the employees learned that the community stepped up to help them in such a big way, they showed their gratitude in a message that was later shared on the GoFundMe page.
“This is the best of humanity coming together to help each other! Our ten Chick-fil-A families who lost their vehicles will now be able to purchase a replacement all because of your loving generosity!”
“To every single person who made a donation, said a prayer, or shared the link, from the bottom of our hearts and on behalf of these families, we THANK YOU so very much for following your heart and making an investment to this cause. We are all forever grateful!”
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