Yesterday’s grim news on the death of 10-month old Jonah Flores in a fire has spurred requests for donations to the child’s family. Council-member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) is requesting that monetary donations be made to the “Friends of Jim Graham Fund” and sent to the address below. Any donations should include a note indicating that the money is for the Flores family, and Graham assures that all donations will be used to replace goods and possessions lost in the fire.

Jim Graham
1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #105
Washington, DC 20004

Flores was left in a room lit only by a candle, product of an outstanding electricity bill for $491 that the family could not pay. Though they had applied for relief from the city, the D.C. Energy Office may have responded too slowly, according to the Post.