Residents help raise money for family of girl who drowned in Wellington
Members of cub scout pack 165 rallied together Sunday to raise money for the family of 5-year-old Kaitlin Bacile, who drowned after she went missing from her house Saturday.
Cub scouts and parents set up a free lemonade and snack stand on the street Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m. informing residents of what had happened and encouraging them to donate money. They raised $3,300 which they plan on giving to the parents Monday evening.
"We're parents so we understand how much they love their child. We can't even fathom how they are feeling." said Diana Vicente of Wellington and one of the parents helping to raise money. Vicente said she still hasn't met the family. She said residents were coming to her house until 10 p.m. dropping off money.
"It was an amazing thing to see the community just stand up together," she said. "They just made such an effort to show they really care."
Vicente said hundreds of members of the community were out Saturday, including herself, searching for Kaitlin. And hundreds more donated money on Sunday.
"People would drive by and ask if they had found Kaitlin. When we told them they had found her body men and women would just break down and start crying," she said.





Jason Parsley