Two ways to donate to the Trautrimas family

Jeff Green | Aug 10, 2016

The community of Battersea has been reaching out to Michael and Ayden Trautrimas.

After tragedy struck the family on July 27 when a motor vehicle collision took the life of Brenda and her son Owen, and sent Ayden to hospital with critical injuries, neighbours were overwhelmed.

A fund raising effort was set up by the Kingston-based charity, Change for FIN (Families in Need). They have offered their web mechanism as a means to send money to the family. At the url changeforfin.com/take-action money can be donated through credit card. 100% of donations at that site will go to Michael Trautrimas.

Megan Hinch lives in Battersea and she has also been driven to raise money for Michael and Ayden.

“I really wanted to find something I could do for Ayden and Michael. So I thought I would raise from money for them by turning over all the profits from the Buddy dolls that I sell.”

In addition to her work as a volunteer firefighter and work as a nanny, Megan sells Scentsy (a line of fragrances, soaps and household products) online. Among the Scentsy products that she sells are Scentsy Buddies, a variety of dolls for children and adults that come with scent packages. The buddies are collectors' items. To find out more, go to Facebook and search “Buddies for Ayden” or go to Megan's site meganhinch.scentsy.ca