PayPal friends/family is fee-free, an account can be easily set up if one isn't available, and funds can be deposited, with only a phone #. Also can be easily linked to a bank account, to transfer funds. Prayers sent.As to a crowd funding effort: In this time of need, it will be appreciated.
I looked into it and Go Fund Me appears to be a legitimate platform with an overhead of 8% of the contributions. If anyone is aware of another platform that has an equal reputation, but lower overhead let me know and I will look into it.