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RALEIGH, N.C. It was an especially tough 2020 for Betty Campbell, a Raleigh woman, who lost her son to COVID-19 and her temporary home to a fire on New Year s Eve.
But the new year is bringing her new hope, and it s all thanks to a community of first responders going above and beyond their call of duty.
Firefighters who responded to the call that night, along with first responders who just wanted to help, pitched in to donate $4,000 to help Campbell, who has mobility issues and works two jobs.
They also partnered with AmeriGlide to purchase Campbell a new stair lift, free of charge.
Jan 15, 2021
A woman who was down on her luck didn’t have a good start to 2021, but things are looking up now.
Betty Campbell has been working two jobs and living in a shed in her sister’s yard in Raleigh, North Carolina, after losing her house last year. A fire on New Year’s Eve destroyed everything the 76-year-old owned and the firefighters who put out the blaze were moved to help her.
“When I got back to the station, I kind of just couldn’t get her off my mind,” says Captain
Dena Ali. So she reached out on Facebook to try to raise some money for Campbell to buy some clothes. Soon donations were pouring in, firefighter friends from across the country gave big and within 24 hours, they’d raised $4-thousand for her.