The Lindsey O'Brien Kesling Wishing Tree Foundation, a LaPorte County-based nonprofit dedicated to carbon monoxide awareness is donating carbon monoxide detectors to be installed during this year's National Rebuilding Work Day on Saturday, April 30th.
Rebuilding Together - Duneland is the local affiliate of the nation's largest nonprofit volunteer organization Rebuilding Together, based in Washington, D.C. RTD's mission is to improve the quality of life of people in the Duneland School District who are physically and/or financially struggling through the rehabilitation of their homes. RTD is on track for its most ambitious year ever, with 14 homes and 5 community projects that need help.
LOK Wishing Tree Foundation partners with First Alert, a leader in residential fire and carbon monoxide detection devices, to provide free and discounted CO detectors to those in need. 18 detectors have been donated to Rebuilding Together - Duneland for this year's National Rebuilding Work Day. Chesterton Fire Chief John Jarga will do the installs.
LOK founder Dot Kesling states, "When we learned of this effort to help families in need rehabilitate their homes, we wanted to ensure a carbon monoxide detector was among the improvements made. It's a small insurance policy to protect the lives of the homeowners, but one that is too often overlooked."
Kesling's daughter, LaPorte native Lindsey O'Brien Kesling (LOK), died at the young age of 22 due to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in November 2010. The foundation began as a response to prevent accidental deaths due to CO.