Strangers reach out to help family ousted by mold

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October 22. 2006 12:00AM<BR><BR><B><span class= " titlelgblk " ><strong>Strangers

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class= " text " ><b>By Craig S. Semon TELEGRAM & GAZETTE

STAFF</b><br></span></td></tr></table></b><B><b><br>DUDLEY— </b></B> A family

who had to abandon their home at 169 Klondike Road because of a severe toxic

mold infestation is experiencing another unexpected growth — the kindness of

strangers. Professionals and friends are uniting behind the family, which is

losing all of its personal possessions.<BR><br>Town Hall employees and the Mason

Road Elementary School, the children’s school, plan to set up an account for

them at a local bank, said Board of Health clerk ann Gagner. Power,

from Commonwealth Environmental Services, is contacting contractors and building

suppliers to help the family rebuild inside the shell that remains after

demolition.<BR><br>After mold samples came up as “TNTC” (too numerous to count),

and Jakubowski bundled up their three young children, , 9,

Clair, 6, and a 5-month-old daughter, Lily, and moved in with family

members.<BR><br>They bought the house in September 2005. A month after they

moved in, they developed ongoing flu-like symptoms, Mr. Jakubowski said. When

the family’s homeowner’s insurance wouldn’t cover the testing or demolition,

both Commonwealth Environmental Services, which did the original home

inspection, and Pro-Science Services, which did the testing, decided not to

charge the family for their services.<BR><br>Mr. Power explained how a family

could live in a home with toxic mold and shrug off the side effects as merely

the sniffles or a sore throat.<BR><br>“If you have a wet dog in your house,

about 15 minutes later, you can’t smell that dog anymore. But someone comes to

visit, they can smell the wet dog,” Mr. Power said. “They were living in this

environment for the last 12 months, where it was getting progressively worse,

but when you’re in it every single day, you don’t realize how bad it

is.”<BR><br>Anyone interested in helping out the family may send donations to

The Jakubowski Home Fund c/o Sovereign Bank, 335 Main St., Oxford, MA 01540.

Contractors, suppliers or others willing to help may contact Mr. Power at (774)

696-5479 or <a href= " mailto:rp99@... " >rp99@...</a>.<BR><br>

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