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30 displaced Cleveland families still need help, one month after fire

From a concert, to T-shirts, to a GoFundMe account, the community is coming together to try to help those displaced in the fire at Rainbow Terrace in March.

A benefit concert was held on Friday to assist the 30 families burned out of their homes at the Rainbow Terrace apartments in Cleveland,

One month after the fire, these families still need help.

We talked to Diana Hogue, who came to the concert. She is a mother of three. She said she lost everything in the blaze, including her late mother’s belongings.

"All the stuff that I had of her, that was it,” she said, “and I don't have it no more.”

Austreeia Everson is a case worker at the Rainbow Terrace Apartments. She was one of the first at the scene back in March when the flames erupted.

"Another family, they had just moved in and purchased a whole bunch of furniture, and all of it was just gone,” said Everson. “She saved and saved to get all that furniture.”

Everson said after talking to about 30 families who were devastated by the fire, she knew she had to do more.

“Some families weren't able to get resources from certain organizations because they didn't have kids or they worked,” she said.

She teamed up with the JR Barnes Foundation and Ambition Ink. They are now selling shirts for just $10. All proceeds go to the families affected by the fire.

"I think this event just shows the love of the communities,” said Jamaal Boyd, JR Barnes Foundation.

Organizers said they already have plenty of clothing donations, but are in need of toiletry items and gently used furniture.

"Nothing else better than to rally and show the neighborhood that we got your back,” said Marcello Johnson from Ambitious Ink.

A go-fund-me page has been opened for monetary donations:

https://www.gofundme.com/HelpRainbowFamilies

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