The weekend after his club's annual car show, one of my close friends was roofing a house. When he went to go down the ladder to get more supplies, the ladder slipped and he went business end over tea kettle down 15 feet. He told me he rolled over just in time to see the ladder coming at him. It promptly knocked him unconscious.
When he woke up he had one broken wrist, one badly sprained wrist, two black eyes, a bloody nose and a cracked rib. And one hell of a headache.
Like too many people in Deco Dirty City, my friend was with out good health insurance. While he did eventually get Medicaid, and that will pay for some of the bills, he was still out of work for three months while his arm was in a cast and he healed up.
Rumors of a benefit show circled a few times, and at one point it sounded like one might happen. At the last minute that car show fell apart, rumors are ramped but real reasons are still unclear.
Two of our other friends stepped up and organized the event that you see advertised above.
I'm not sure what I'll donate to the raffle yet. But it will be something. It makes me really happy to see people pick up the reins when shit happens to their friends and help those people out. It's almost enough to restore my faith in humanity.
If you read this and you're in the Deco Dirt City area, go drop $5.00 in the bin at the door, check out some cute neo-pin-up girls and listen to some music for the night and know that your helping out some one who needs it.
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