CHERRY CREEK –Monday morning, the lives of Cherry Creek woman Tiffany Reynolds and her children were changed forever after they lost their house and all material possessions to a fire.

Now, friends and family members are rallying around them to help. Donations are being accepted and items are being collected to help Reynolds and her family following the fire. Reynolds is a 30-year-old single mother of three small children all under the age of 10.

One of the people currently collecting items for donations for the family is Haley Priest, one of Reynold’s oldest friends.

“Tiffany has been my best friend since I can remember,” Priest said. “We grew up together being inseparable, and now our kids are growing up together. Donation wise we are accepting everything and anything. She lost literally everything in the fire, including pets.”

Specific items that were listed in Facebook posts to be collected include; boy’s size eight clothes, size six underwear, size three shoes, girls’ size 5T clothes, 4T underwear, size 11 shoes, infant boy 24-month clothes, and woman’s size five pants, small shirt, and size six and half shoes. It was noted in one of the many Facebook posts being shared about donating items to the family that Reynolds left the house without shoes when rescuing the dog and her family. The family is also in need of winter gear for the kids, such as jackets, snow pants, boots, and diapers for the youngest son.

Following the first of many donations, Reynolds is now set for clothing and so is the youngest son and her daughter has most of what she needs. As of Tuesday afternoon, the oldest son is still in need of clothing items, along with diapers for the youngest son.

Other people involved in collecting donations include Katie Bugg Colvenbach, another of Reynolds’s friends, and her daughter’s grandmother, Angie Mardino-Miller, who is also a part of “The Master’s Plan Ministries” in Dayton.

“Our main goal right now is trying to find her a house,” Mardino-Miller said. “We will be paying her first month’s rent. I know there are many other people looking to help and places to go, including an Amazon registry where people can go buy stuff for them. There is no place currently to be able to send the gift, so we are taking them in at the Ministry’s food pantry.”

All donations can be dropped off at The Dayton Food Pantry, 9586 Railroad Street, in Dayton. The Food Pantry is open on Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Thursdays 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Mardino-Miller also highlighted who she called the real hero in the fire, Spike the family dog.

In a Facebook post, Mardino-Miller detailed how two of Reynolds’s children were staying overnight with their dad, but Reynolds and the oldest were asleep at home with the bedroom doors closed when Spike woke them up by barking, warning them of the fire. Reynolds woke up to find smoke and the fire halfway down her hallway and managed to get out, along with her son and Spike, without injury.

“Spike saved their lives,” Mardino-Miller said.

For more information on how to donate or an updated list of needed items, Priest, Colvenbach and Mardino-Miller can all be contacted on Facebook.