Overview
- The Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund established the F/V Lily Jean Fund, hosted by Cape Ann Savings Bank, with donations accepted online and by check.
- The fund’s website says the first $40,000 in contributions will be matched by an anonymous donor.
- Fishing Partnership Support Services is providing trauma and grief counseling, emergency financial assistance, and access to health care for affected families and community members.
- Verified GoFundMe campaigns for individual families have raised tens of thousands of dollars, including about $30,000 for the Beal family and roughly $50,000 toward a $60,000 goal for the Short family.
- The Lily Jean sank Jan. 30 about 22 miles off Cape Ann with seven people aboard, including a NOAA observer; the captain’s body was recovered near an empty life raft and the cause and manner of death remain pending.