'The Q Project' Aims To Provide Community With Free Carbon Monoxide Detectors Following Family's Death

FENTON TWP. (WWJ/AP) - A campaign to provide free carbon monoxide detectors has started in honor of six members of a family who died in Fenton Township.

Heather and Leonard Quasarano and their four children were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home Feb. 21.

Nicole Caroen knew the family and wanted to find a way to help. That's why she set up a Go Fund Me page in their name -- with the goal of raising $3,000 to provide free home carbon monoxide detectors for the community.

"They would want something positive to come out of the tragedy that happened to them, and so we're trying to provide carbon monoxide detectors to those in need who can't afford to buy them for themselves," Caroen told WWJ's Zahra Huber. "And also, we just want to get awareness out to the public and expand that into schools."

Caroen is partnering with the Fenton Township Fire Department, the Quasarano family and others in "The Q Project" effort.

"The detectors that we are able to buy with the $3,000 will go to the Fenton Township Fire Department and they will distribute those out to the people who need them," she said.

Caroen hopes the campaign can also provide free or discounted furnace inspections for those in need. She wants to keep the project going long-term and create a carbon monoxide awareness week in February.

"We started the project in their name, but also to bring awareness and education to carbon monoxide poisoning because it happens far more frequently than what people hear," she said. "We're trying to make this a life-long project, or until carbon monoxide is no longer a threat to people."

As of Wednesday afternoon, The Q Project had raised $1,400 toward its goal. To donate, click here.

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