FORT DODGE — A week and a half ago, the world turned upside down as a set of young sisters lost both of their parents and their grandmother in an unimaginable tragedy just outside of Fort Dodge.

Molly Barlow, 39, and her mother, Phyllis Ver Steeg, 63, were fatally shot at the family’s home on the evening of Jan. 28. Duran Barlow, 41, Molly’s husband, also died that night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

It didn’t take long for the focus to shift from “What happened?” to “What can we do?” for the couple’s three young daughters, Brooklyn, Paige and Evie.

With many in the community asking how they can help, Katie Rees and Amanda Albright, Molly Barlow’s sister and best friend, set up a fund at Northwest Bank for the girls. Eventually, the donations will be put into a trust for the three girls.

There are three ways to donate to the fund for the Barlow sisters.

Checks can be made out to Katie Rees or Amanda Albright with “Barlow Girls Fund” written in the memos and mailed or delivered to: Northwest Bank, Attn: Sarah Niemand, 10 N. 29th St., Fort Dodge, IA 50501

A GoFundMe set up for the Barlow Girls has over $20,000 so far. That can be found at https://gofund.me/c22c9263.

A third way to donate was created this week. Donations can be made at any register at the Fort Dodge Hy-Vee.

“This community always pulls together during any sort of tragedy,” Rees and Albright said in a statement. “It truly does show that we are never alone even in the darkest days. Words cannot describe how thankful we are for every single person who has donated for our ‘Barlow girls.’ No one else matters more right now than them. This is all for them, their heartbreak is unimaginable. Because of each one of you, it makes this unimaginable time a little brighter.”