Contractor donates $5,000 to Avon family that took in son’s best friend after his mother was killed
AVON, Ind. (WISH) — A woman killed when her bicycle and a semi truck collided in Greenfield this summer left behind a 15-year-old son.
He got to request where he wanted to live and chose his best friend’s family.
So, the Mesarosh family of seven became a family of eight this summer.
They took Aaron into their hearts and their home, which is now bursting at the seams.
Denise Mesarosh never imagined her Avon house with this much hustle and bustle.
“We moved in here just the two of us, now it’s the eight of us,” she said.
She and her husband Ronn have five school-aged kids and added one more teenager this summer.
“July 18th we got a phone call,” she said.
Their 15-year-old son’s best friend had just lost his mom.
“Being a parent you think about that in the back of your mind, what if it were me and what would happen to our kids?” Ronn Mesarosh said, “You have that conversation.”
“Without hesitation we went to get Aaron, because he asked for us,” Denise said.
“It was just reaction, he’s been in our lives for four or five years already, so it was how fast can I meet you to pick him up?” Ronn said.
“Aaron came to stay with us that night, we signed papers to receive guardianship of him, and he’s been with us ever since,” Denise said.
Their 15-year-old son Grayson said it’s just like having another brother.
With an already full house, the family has made the best spot they can for Aaron.
“Right now he’s in a big hallway up there and so that’s his space for now,” Denise said, “But it’s really important for us to give him his own space.”
Aaron Cochran has blended into the Mesarosh family since he moved into their Avon home this summer.
The next step is finding Aaron a place of his own in their house.
“We thought the garage, we never thought, we never fathomed having the money to do anything differently,” Dad Ronn Mesarosh said.
The family with now six children were planning on converting the garage, but they can now plan for a more permanent solution thanks to donations.
“He deserves his own space in life and I think that’s what it’s going to take,” Respectable Restoration owner, Eric Harvey said.
Harvey was touched by the act of kindness, that the family took Aaron into their lives without question.
“It’s all about paying it forward,” Harvey said.
He visited the family Tuesday afternoon to bring them a $5,000 dollar check to help build Aaron an add-on to the home.
“It’s beyond a kind gesture,” Mesarosh said.
“I saw their goal was $10,000, this got them pretty close, but I still don’t think it’s going to be enough,” Harvey said, “So my whole reason for this is to challenge other local businesses to match this or come close to it.”
He thinks the Avon business community should step up to help the family.
“I think anybody that’s blessed enough or fortunate enough to be able to do it should, I really think that’s our duty,” Harvey said.
Ronn Mesarosh never imagined this much support and is grateful to the Avon community and others for their kindness and generosity.
“I’m very overwhelmed,” he said, “I’m not one to ask for help, so this has been a very humbling experience for me.”
Click here to reach the Go Fund Me page for the family.