This post is by Tracey Silla-
I have set up an account to benefit the 50 employees of Emory's Restaurant which burned down last week.
This account has been established to collect donations from the community to assist the staff of Emory's Lakehouse Restaurant, who woke up to get ready to go to work that day and found that their jobs had burned down. They suddenly have no money for rent, no place to go to work at jobs they loved, and a nervous view of the horizon as the holidays approach, seemingly more quickly than normal.
Imagine, if everyone who ever visited Emory's donated just $1, just imagine how much we could raise. And if everyone in the Silver Lake, South Everett area (and surrounding) would donate just $1...
Emory said on the news that Monday morning "I have 50 employees who aren't going to have a very good Christmas this year". Let's prove him wrong.
If we come together as a community, and it's usually because of incidents like these that communities really come together, what a difference we could make to this staff of servers, bussers, cooks, dishwashers, hostii...who have made a difference to us every time we visit Emorys.
How many times do we see something like this and think "I wish there was something I could do!" Well, there is. And it is really very simple.
The account information is as follows:
Emory's Assist 2009
Citybank
1504 132nd St., SE
Mill Creek, WA 98012
You can mail a donation directly to them, or bring it in if you prefer.
Neighbors and friends of Emory's have already donated more than $2,200 to this fund. What wonderfully generous people we have in this community!
At some point before Christmas I would like to have Emory gather his troups so we can distribute what the community has donated to help them with their holiday needs. More on that to follow...
Please help get the word out to the community; there are so many people who would like to help, but in situations like these we all feel so powerless. Please help empower them to help their neighbors, especially as we enter the holiday season.
Thank you very much.
Tracey Silla
Emory's Assist 2009
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Correction to recent blog posting:
ReplyDeleteWhile I would have loved to be a part of anything we all can do to help Emory's and the staff (and Emory!), I was in no way involved in the organization of the Canyons' fundraiser. I'm sorry I wasn't (Canyons, please feel free to call me in the future...).
Thank you Emory's for posting the information about the Emory's Assist 2009 account. It's growing...
We love you and we look forward to celebrating your reopening as soon as possible (if you need a project manager to handle the construction, let me know! :) Meanwhile, take a deep breath and feel the many many people who are behind you on this).
Tracey