Malden family seeks help

MALDEN — A family who lost their home in a Thursday morning, July 20, fire is asking for community support.

“It’s like our whole life just disappeared,” renter Alysha Galindo, 35, said. “It’s so much to process.”

Galindo lived in the home at 124 S. Main St. with Bobby Robbins, 37, and six children – Nevaeh, 15, Capryce,15, Skylar, 14, Danni, 11, Novah, 7, and Baynz, 6.

They were left homeless and lost most of their belongings as well as cherished memorabilia, a Chevrolet Suburban and pet bird, Sarah. Two of the family’s five dogs remain unaccounted for.

The family is currently living out of a fifth-wheel trailer in nearby Rosalia, Galindo said.

“They saved our big toy-hauler fifth-wheel, and we are staying there now,” she said. “But we are making do with what we have now.”

She has also set up a donation account at First Interstate Bank to help recover financially.

The bank has branches in Colfax, Fairfield, Rockford, Rosalia and Spangle. Checks, cash and gift cards can be donated.

“When people ask us, the best thing is gift cards or cash because we don’t even know where next week is going to take us,” Galindo said. “The unknown is the scary part.”

In nearby Rosalia, the Brass Rail bar and grill was scheduled to host a silent auction from Tuesday, Aug. 1, until 5 p.m. Aug. 12, to help raise funding to help the family.

who want to donate to the auction can bring them to the Brass Rail by Monday, July 31.

“The proceeds will help to get us back on our feet,” Galindo said.

GoFundMe, https://www.gofundme.com/f/family-loses-house-belongings-and-family-pets, and MealTrain, https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/0ez5n4, accounts have also been set up to benefit the family.

Galindo said the family is coping with the aftermath of the fire, but it’s not easy.

“It’s them wanting their bicycles,” she said of the children. “Baynz is taking it pretty hard. She misses a lot of her belongings.

“It’s hard because you don’t realize that stickers mean so much to a kid.”

As for Skylar, he’s doing his best, she said.

“But with football starting soon, he worries that all of his football, basketball and baseball stuff is gone,” she said.

Family members are thankful for the community assistance received already.

“The community has really helped us,” Galindo said. “When your entire life gets turned upside down, it’s nice to know that people are there to help.”