It was supposed to be a new start. She had just moved to Tennessee. But already, her new start had gone up in flames.
Ball State alumna Brittany Doseck arrived at her apartment Feb. 18 — one day after starting her internship in Nashville — to find it completely in flames.
“I lost everything,”- Doseck said. |
Yet, it took only a few hours for two of Doseck’s friends to create a fundraiser that would help rebuild her life.
Senior architecture majors Libby Burley and Sarah Schinbeckler put their heads together to create a fundraiser through the crowdfunding website, GoFundMe.
“When we found out this had happened to Brittany, we wanted to help in any way we could,” said Burley, Doseck’s fellow member of Kappa Delta. “We knew she didn’t have renters insurance. We knew it was going to be expensive for her to replace all her things and find a new place to live.”
As of Wednesday, 79 people had donated to the cause, raising $1,468 of its $5,000 goal.
“We were really surprised to see how quickly it took off,” Burley said.
She said it was humbling to see so many people were donating their own money. Many donors have been from Kappa Delta chapters across the nation.
Some people are donating items directly to Doseck, in addition to the online fundraiser.
Doseck said she is grateful for the friends and strangers who are lending a helping hand.
“It definitely means a lot to know that people care and want to hear about it,“- Doseck said. |
Doseck, who majored in architecture at Ball State, moved to Nashville to begin an internship at Hayden Architects.
The afternoon of the fire, Doseck said her boyfriend called her at work to tell her the news about her home at Point Breeze Apartments.
“I fell to my knees,” she said.
Fire Chief Walter Demonbreun said a resident’s candle likely caused the fire, according to WKRN-TV in Nashville.
Doseck said the Freeman Webb Company, which owns Point Breeze, was able to find a new apartment for her. She will pay the same rate she did at her old apartment, even though the new place is more expensive.
“They were super gracious about everything,” she said.
She will use the money from the fundraiser to replace the belongings she lost. Although most of the Doseck’s possessions were destroyed, two of her paintings remained.
“I was pretty thankful for those, just because they were probably the most personal items I had,” she said. “Even though it’s not much, it’s something to carry into this new chapter.”
Donations can be made at gofundme.com/6za95c.
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