Fundraising Campaign Started For West Islip Resident Badly Burned in Fire

A fundraising campaign was recently started for a West Islip resident who was badly burned in a fire in December.

The campaign was created on GoFundMe on behalf of local resident Joe Bacchim, who was injured in a house late last year.

According to the page, he suffered severe burns over 60 percent of his body.

He was airlifted to Stoney Brook Hospital burn care unit and has been in the hospital since December 28, 2016.

Bacchim will have to go through several months of intensive therapy.

Patricia Alcus, of West Islip, created the page on Friday in order to raise $10,000 to help Bacchim pay for his medical expenses.

So far, a total of $7,430 has been raised.

"We are hoping that you, Joe’s friends and neighbors, can find it in your heart to give, whatever you are able, to help him and his family through these hard times," Alcus wrote on the page.

To learn more or to donate, visit his GoFundMe page here.