Dear Evanston,
As you know, Mayra Jackson, Latwian Jackson, and their young children Jordan, 9, and Nicholas, 4, lost their apartment on Judson and Dempster and all their belongings in a fire that gutted their home last Wednesday morning.
The family is overwhelmed by and so grateful for the outpouring of support from Evanston residents who have provided clothing, toys, food, and funds.
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Mayra, who is an artist in stained glass, lost all her artwork and supplies in the fire.
Evanston resident Jill Miller, who was on her way to work that morning and pulled over to help the family when she saw flames bursting out of the Jackson's apartment, told me how she'd often driven past the apartment and noticed the beautiful artwork in the windows.