Family with special-needs kids requires help getting the heat back on
RANCHO SAN DIEGO — A Rancho San Diego family with more than a dozen special-needs kids and a broken heating system at home needs some help from the community. The founders of the nonprofit Passion 4 K.I.D.S. (Kids In Desperate Situations), Charles and Linda Van Kessler, are trying to help the Hauer family, which has been without heat for the past several weeks. The Van Kesslers have started an online fundraising campaign to help cover $15,000 in costs for a heating system overhaul for the Hauers. Chuck and Penny Hauer, both in their 80s, are the caretakers for 18 children of different a...