Prayers there way. That sucks before the Christmas season.
ask to post their story, go to your local bank and knights of columbus,elks etc and get a fund raising drive as well as clothing/stuff drive started, make sure there are follow up stories in the media. People will step up.
When I was in 6th grade I lost everything in a fire. That day clothing and toys were being dropped off, 38 years ago.
The NYP story on the cop that was shot in the face last week already generated over 800k for the 5 kids. This is what communities are for.