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Reginaldo Haslett Marroquin

Saturday, December 17, 2011

VIDEO: Haslett-Marroquin Family Benefit Concert

The family lost their home and all of their possessions in a fire on Thanksgiving Eve.

UPDATED: The benefit concert raised $4,939.35, according to Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin. ________ Hundreds of people flocked to the benefit concert for the Haslett-Marroquin family Friday night at theNorthfield Ballroom. The family lost their home and all of their possessions in a fire on Thanksgiving Eve. More than a dozen musical acts were part of the show, which was organized by friends of the family of five. It was $5 to get into the show and baked goods were also for sale to raise more money. Donations can also be made by going to this website. You can keep up with the latest efforts to help the family by following a Facebook page dedicated to the cause. For other ways to help the family, check out those options here.

Olivia Upham

3:45 pm on Monday, December 19, 2011

Donations are now being accepted here for the Marroquin-Haslett family: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/campaign-0-3662   more ›

Friday, December 16, 2011

PHOTOS: Haslett-Marroquin Family Benefit Concert

The family lost their home and all of their possessions in a fire on Thanksgiving Eve.

UPDATE: 7:30 p.m. The benefit concert raised $4,939.35, according to Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin. _____________ Hundreds of people flocked to the benefit concert for the Haslett-Marroquin family Friday night at the Northfield Ballroom. The family lost their home and all of their possessions in a fire on Thanksgiving Eve. More than a dozen musical acts were part of the show, which was organized by friends of the family of five. It was $5 to get into the show and baked goods were also for sale to raise more money. Donations can also be made by going to this website. You can keep up with the latest efforts to help the family by following a Facebook page dedicated to the cause. For other ways to help the family, check out those options here.

Olivia Upham

3:43 pm on Monday, December 19, 2011

Donations are now being accepted here: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/campaign-0-3662   more ›

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Benefit Concert is Friday Night for Haslett-Marroquin Family

The family lost their home and all of their possessions in a fire on Thanksgiving Eve.

The benefit concert for the Haslett-Marroquin family is from 6-10:30 p.m. Friday at the Northfield Ballroom. Admission into the concert is $5.  The family lost their home and all of their possessions in a fire on Thanksgiving Eve. More than a dozen musical acts are part of the show. People of all ages are invited. Find out more information about the concert on Facebook. Donations can also be made by going to this website.

Monday, November 28, 2011

How to Help the Haslett-Marroquin Family

Northfield Patch will update the list as more information becomes available.

The outpouring of support since the Haslett-Marroquin's rural Northfield home was destroyed by fire on the Thanksgiving Eve has been awe-inspiring. Within hours of the fire, friends created a Facebook page to help the family out, which now has more than 400 members. Friends of the family held a bake sale during Winter Walk, organized a benefit concert that raised nearly $5,000 and organized efforts to collect clothing and meal donations for the family, which includes three children who attend ARTech and Prairie Creek Community School. Two days after the blaze, two dogs and a cat believed to have perished in the blaze were found. Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin is executive director of the Rural Enterprise Center, which helps Latino families …

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Corey Butler Jr.

4:21 pm on Monday, December 19, 2011

Olivia, thanks for the reminder. I've changed the link for donations and updated the other information. Anything else that should be added or changed? Has the support fund been established at this time?   more ›

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Northfield Week in Review: House Fire, Shooting, Small Business Saturday

Northfield Patch recaps the happenings of the past week.

HASLETT-MARROQUIN HOUSE FIRE • VIDEO: Fire Destroys Rural Northfield Home • UPDATED: Fire Destroys Rural Northfield Home • How to Help the Haslett-Marroquin Family • UPDATE: Pets Survive Rural Northfield House Fire • UPDATED: Friends Respond to Help Northfield Family Displaced by House Fire SHOOTING • UPDATED: Man in Custody for Alleged Role in Northfield, Faribault Shootings • UPDATED: Northfield Police Respond to Possible Shooting Outside of Target, Cub Foods COMMUNITY • PHOTOS: DuPay Wins Diving Title, Gators Finish Second At State • PHOTOS: Small Business Saturday in Northfield • Northfield Shop Owners Excited for Small Business Saturday • The Most Recent Northfield Deaths—Nov. 23, 2011 • Northfield Parents Talk: What Does Thanksgiving…

Friday, November 25, 2011

UPDATE: Pets Survive Rural Northfield House Fire

Amber and Katy, the two dogs, and Halfmoon, the cat, were found, the Haslett-Marroquin family told friends. All five members of the family were unharmed in the blaze.

Thought to be lost in a fire that claimed a rural Northfield home on the eve of Thanksgiving, two dogs and a cat have been found. Amber and Katy, the two dogs, and Halfmoon, the cat, were found, the Haslett-Marroquin family told friends. The dogs were found in the basement Friday morning. Halfmoon was found in a barn on the property. None were burned, though one of the dogs had an injured paw. Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, his wife, Amy, and 8-year-old son, Lars, were home when the fire started but escaped unharmed. Two other children weren't home at the time of the fire. Finding their pets is another small part the family can take solace in. The other shining moment started just hours after word spread of the fire. In less than 12 hours …

Thursday, November 24, 2011

UPDATED: Friends Respond to Help Northfield Family Displaced by House Fire

Already in the works are plans for a bake sale, a benefit concert and a website to accept donations for the family.

In less than 12 hours after the Haslett-Marroquin family were displaced last night by a house fire, more than 150 people have joined a Facebook group to help. Already in the works are plans for a bake sale, a benefit concert and a website to accept donations for the family, which includes three children who attend ARTech and Prairie Creek Community School. The page has filled with words of sadness, thankfulness and shock. "All of these people are alive, be thankful," one person wrote. GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP Nobody was hurt in the fire, but the family's dogs were lost in the blaze. Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin said his family is staying with in-laws in Northfield, he told the Northfield News. Northfield Fire …

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