Residents of Milford have come together to raise money to help one family keep their home and provide for their daughter.

Led by neighbor Susan St. Pierre, people in Milford are donating money to help Sharon and Mike Kenny pay their mortgage and for the nursing care their deaf and mute daughter needs.

According to Sharon Kenny, her family has exhausted their retirement savings, loans from friends and credit cards to afford their mortgage. She lost her job two years ago and has yet to find another, forcing the family to live on just one income.

?We appreciate it,? Sharon Kenny says. ?It's hard for us to swallow our pride. We would like to be doing it ourselves, but because of our daughter, [we] can't.?

To help raise money for the Kenny family, St. Pierre has spent the last two months organizing a pasta dinner, which was held at Saint Gabriel?s Church in Milford on Saturday evening.

There is also a fund set up at the People's Bank branch at the Silver Sands Stop and Shop in Milford.