"Surviving a fire inspired me to help others!"

After Amy Wagner and her family lost everything in a house fire, friends and neighbors helped them get back on their feet...and Amy knew she had to find a way to pay the love and support forward!

- Bill Holton

Amy Wagner and her husband, Spence, sat before a warming fire in their Salem, Wisconsin, home while their son, Jake, and his wife, Kirby, were snapping pics of their new baby, Matt. But then, Amy spotted a second orange glow in the front window.

“Fire!” Jake shouted, racing downstairs. “Everybody out!”

Soon the family was standing across the street in the frigid darkness watching as everything they owned went up in flames.

Their neighbor, Jeanne, rushed out to offer help. “Let me take the baby and your dog inside,” she said.

“We have an extra room,” offered two other neighbors, Jenise and Gary. “It’s yours!”

Jake, Kirby and Matt had been staying with Amy and Spence while Jake completed his medical residency. All that they owned was packed into the garage…and the electrical fire had destroyed everything.