A 5-year-old girl lost her mother in a hit-and-run crash in St. Paul, and now community members are showing their support for the girl.

Donations raised at a Saturday gathering will go to a trust for Ka’Niyah Wilson-Snyder. And they’ll be collecting birthday presents for the girl, who is turning 6 this month.

On March 16, LeeAnn Larson was driving on Maryland Avenue, near Desoto Street, when she found Taressa Wilson-Snyder in the road. Larson hurried over to try to help the 22-year-old.

Wilson-Snyder died at Regions Hospital and, in the week after, prosecutors charged a 17-year-old with criminal vehicular homicide.

Discovering Wilson-Snyder so badly injured was horrible for Larson, but now she thinks she was there for a reason.

Larson regularly coordinates with other community members to help people or groups. And she’s hosting Saturday’s fundraiser with the help of many community members and businesses.

At the American Legion Arcade-Phalen Post, they’ll be selling a variety of eggrolls, along with pineapple upside down cake and banana bread. People have made raffle baskets — Larson said there are too many to count — and they’ll have 50/50 cash drawings.

Police officers, firefighters and businesses have already provided some gifts for Ka’Niyah’s birthday. For anyone who wants to bring a present to Saturday’s fundraiser, the girl could use clothes, but also loves toys and going to Chuck E. Cheese and the movies, Larson said.

Ka’Niyah is “doing OK for now,” said Latisha Rondo, the girl’s godmother and a long-time friend of Wilson-Snyder. She has a lot of people who support her emotionally, though Rondo said she knows Ka’Niyah will especially feel the loss of her mother on her birthday.

All funds raised will go into a trust for Ka’Niyah, which Larson said she’ll be able to access when she’s 18.

“I want her to know that even though her mom can’t be here, the community came together and we’re looking out for her,” Larson said.

IF YOU GO

What: Fundraiser for the 5-year-old daughter of Taressa Wilson-Snyder. Wilson-Snyder was killed in a St. Paul hit-and-run crash in March.

When: Saturday, 2-6 p.m.

Where: American Legion Arcade-Phalen Post 577, 1129 Arcade St., St. Paul

To donate: Donations for Wilson-Snyder’s daughter can also be made at paypal.me/MarneyLofgren or cash.me/app/NRWPPGQ.