Title: Family fights foreclosure to keep house a home

" Massachusetts woman dealing with a sudden death of her husband now faces a brand new challenge. In addition to raising the eleven children left behind she's also found herself in the middle of a fight to save her home from foreclosure. Any chance Sally Donnelly joins us now with the story -- Let's -- Beatrice and her husband Jeff had been struggling for the past few years the bank told them recently they'd be auctioning off their house this week. But -- days later Jeff died on saving grace is that -- isn't had been something of a legendary coach around town baseball softball basketball you name it. And -- community is rallying around them families got help from all corners of the community from a state senator to the local boys and girls. But every time he met somebody he said."

" You have to come to my wedding. What are Beatrice that -- husband Jeff twenty years ago they each had children from previous marriages. But they would spend the coming years expanding their family even more. They raised eleven kids in the same house Jeff dropping a rambling Victorian on a leaky street in Newton Massachusetts."

" My husband was he -- home. In them. Very quiet with them."

" Not even two weeks ago Jeff Beatrice had a heart attack in that same home. He died in -- arms he was 49 years old. It's hard to believe he's earned. And BK -- harder. Harder still because Jeff was the breadwinner a struggling self employed CPA whose financial woes spiraled downward after a bad real estate investment. The Beatrice has had trouble making ends meet and after a few years the mortgage got away."

" We've tried food stamps that you know Regis always made just a little bit too much to qualify for any real assistants."

" Eventually they were foreclosed upon and just days before Jeff died the mortgage company let them know it would be auctioning off their house. The family didn't get swindled or taken advantage of they fell behind and now -- enormous figure things out."

" It's just an overwhelming. You know. What -- where do you go with seven kids."

" Thankfully -- nor is not answering that question alone. For the past two decades -- Beatrice has coached every youth sports team imaginable from new little League Two girls basketball."

" You never know who is consumer -- focusing Jeff and -- kid that."

" Was in trouble their family struggling. They weren't getting enough attention on those kids gravitated toward the -- house."

" When word got out of the Beatrice family needed help hundreds of people stepped up to the plate. A memorial fund was established -- high school hockey team gave up the money from their yard sale strangers -- on everything from gift cards to grocery."

" Even like made. Eleven year old friend gave me six dollars from her peacekeeping which. You know was -- she -- that she was willing to give it to us. And Beatrice house was supposed to be auctioned off November 5 but strangers and politicians have gotten a family a sixty day extension. It just doesn't know how much she needs to save the house and -- kids but she knows it's unlocked it you'd like to help you can log onto the Beatrice family fun. Let's. Block and Alley she wants to stay in that house is that right and and how many kids are still at home and Halliburton. What she does wanna stay in the house and she's not being coy about how much money she needs she still negotiating with the bank to -- kind of how much -- don't take it to get her out of foreclosure. And she has seven kids living at home they range in age from seventeen and the fighters old. Sally Donnelly with the story thank you."