Donations are pouring in for the family of Helen Bergen, the 35-year-old mother of two who died in a Winnipeg house fire last weekend.
Staff at John Taylor Collegiate have organized a collection at their school, where one of Bergen's two teenaged daughters is a student.
They opened the doors at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, and say people have been dropping off everything from food to furniture all day.
It is a big out-pouring of generosity for a family still coming to terms with what they have lost.
Bergen died Saturday morning in hospital, after being critically injured in a fire at her house on Stewart Street.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Her husband, Brian Bergen, escaped from the house with non-life threatening injuries.
Their daughters were away at a sleepover at the time of the fire.
Now complete strangers are reaching out to them.
"We had a lady call from Virden this morning wanting to donate, so the community is really coming through in this terrible time," organizer Scott Lockhart said.
"If you can help out I feel you should and I think everyone should help out when someone loses everything," one donor told CTV News.
A trust fund has also been set up for the girls.
"Helen never went to college herself so the girls education is very very important to her," Bergen's brother Royce Murray said.
Helen's husband had been in the hospital since the fire, but
Family members told CTV News me he released Tuesday and reunited with his daughters.
If you would like to help with donation, John Taylor Collegiate, at 470 Hamilton Avenue, is open from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Wednesday.
Donations for the Bergen girls' trust fund can be made at any Crosstown Civic Credit Union.
With a report from CTV's Stacey Ashley
