Many of you saw or heard about the devastating fire that happened on Mission and Valencia last night. It looks as though the fire destroyed most or all of the residents’ possessions and made the house uninhabitable for the foreseeable future. You can read more about the fire here.
Currently they are without homes, clothes, and other basic necessities and could really use assistance getting back on their feet. The four people who lost their home are all amazing people who have been active vibrant parts of our queer community in San Francisco and have always shown their strongest support for the needs of others. Now its our turn to support them in this time of need.
El Rio has generously allowed friends of the victims to take over their front room on Friday night for an emergency benefit to raise funds for these four amazing folks to purchase the basics they need to stay afloat. Please please please spread the word about this event on facebook and elsewhere and come out, dig deep and share your $$ with folks who really need it right now. At the door there will be someone collecting cash to be distributed directly to the victims of the fire, so just make sure that person gets your donation, come in, have some drinks hangout on the patio and dance a bit if you like.
Also, El Rio will also be donating 100% of their bar proceeds from 8-9pm directly to the four folks affected so come early, donate and drink.
Hard French DJs will be playing records.
UPDATE: If you are unable to attend you can make your donations via Paypal to mission3212@gmail.com
Friday, April 8
8pm-2am
El Rio
3158 Mission, SF
Donations suggested – as generous as you can be