Help sought for the Grimaldi family

SALISBURY — A fire gutted the home of Karen and Mark Grimaldi on Cardinal Lane Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 1. Louise Fallon has been keeping the community abreast of relief efforts for the Grimaldis, and she reports the following:The Grimaldis are stablized for the moment with enough clothing and housing, but prepaid Visa or MasterCards, gas cards or gift cards for grocery, hardware, restaurants, pharmacies and clothing retailers would be enormously helpful. There are three collection points: Emily Egan at the front desk at Salisbury Town Hall; Renee Sartori at The Hotchkiss School business office; and either Gail Clark or Patty Stevens at Salisbury Central School.Salisbury Bank & Trust has established an account in the names of Mark and Karen Grimaldi with a subtitle “House Fund.”  Checks should be made payable to Mark or Karen Grimaldi and people can reference House Fund in the memo section if they would like.  Checks can be mailed directly to Salisbury Bank at PO Box 1868, Lakeville, CT 06039 or can be dropped off at any branch office. The Woodland Restaurant in Lakeville also has a donation jar set up.  People should also know that contributions to this account are not tax deductible.There is a benefit dinner planned for Friday, Nov. 11, 5 to 8 p.m. The dinner was originally scheduled to be at the Grove, but Bob Riva said Tuesday that it will be moved to the firehouse. For tickets, email Megan Conklin at mconklin@salisburycentral.org.To contribute and/or help, contact Charmaine Riva at charriva24@yahoo.com or call her at 860-671-1790 for more information or to sign up.

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