More than $44,000 has been raised in separate fundraisers for the family of Chelsea Faith Dolan, a DJ who was performing at the Ghost Ship that night under the name Cherushii. Ghassan, the father of twin daughters, had recently moved to Oakland from New Jersey and died in the fire along with his fiancée, Hanna Ruax. The family of filmmaker Alex Ghassan has raised more than $39,000. Askew, 22, was a member of dream pop duo Them Among Us Too and attended the University of California at Santa Cruz from 2012 to 2014. So far, the most successful of these include more than $75,000 raised for the family of transgender musician Cash Askew. In addition to the massively successful general fundraisers, fundraising efforts have been underway for the families of the 36 individual victims killed in the fire. READ MORE: Berkeley Peregrine Falcon Finds Partner After Mate's Death It also includes a $75,000 donation from Sutter Health and will likely grow in the coming days as other promised donations come in, A’s spokesman Ken Pries said on Tuesday. The A’s fund includes matching donations of $50,000 each from the A’s, Golden State Warriors and Oakland Raiders. He said all of those funds will be distributed to the families of victims and those with medical expenses. The Oakland A’s are working directly with the Red Cross to determine the best distribution for the funds, Red Cross CEO Trevor Riggen said during a news conference on Tuesday. “As an organization, we have had to shift our operations to focus fully on fielding inquiries, processing contributions, and communicating effectively-all while grieving ourselves,” Gray Area Foundation officials wrote. In a message last week, the Gray Area Foundation said it is obtaining contact information for victims’ families from the American Red Cross and the Oakland mayor’s office, but is also independently collecting contact information itself.
The other, organized by the Oakland A’s, had raised more than $481,000.īoth organizations are now faced with difficult decisions on how to distribute the enormous funds. One, organized by the San Francisco nonprofit Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, had raised more than $672,000 as of this morning.
They have raised more than a million dollars between them. Most of the fundraising has been done through two online fundraisers on the website. Continuing Coverage: Deadly Oakland Warehouse FireĪn electronic music concert was held that night on the second floor, only accessible by a narrow wooden staircase, and most of the attendees were trapped upstairs and killed once the fire broke out.įundraisers sprung up almost immediately after word of the fire spread and thousands of dollars poured in as Oakland waited for word on just how many people had been trapped inside.Firefighters described it as a tangled maze of furniture, musical instruments and artwork that was difficult to navigate.
The gutted warehouse was being used as a living space and performance venue when it burned down on Dec. READ MORE: Biden Strengthens Fuel Standards After Trump Rollback New Cars Must Average 40 MPG by 2026 Venues across the Bay Area and the nation have planned dozens more fundraising concerts just this week for the friends and families of the 36 victims killed in the fire, those injured while escaping and the approximately 20 people who lived there and lost their homes. OAKLAND (CBS SF) – An outpouring of support has raised more than $1.6 million for victims of the deadly Ghost Ship fire in Oakland earlier this month through online fundraisers and numerous concerts, sales and events.