We received word yesterday from a concerned board member that the Capitol Hill Alano Club (CHAC) located at 1900 East Madison Street, is in some serious financial deep water. Their popular “Bat-n-Rouge” baseball fundraiser which kicks off Pride every year was not as successful as it has been in previous years, raising less than $6,000 as opposed to the $15,000 they raised the year before. CHAC depends on the money raised in their fundraisers to keep the doors open year round, and the poor showing for “Bat-n-Rouge” means they are desperately short of funds and face having to close the Capitol Hill branch. This would be a serious hardship for the hundreds of Capitol Hill residents who use the services and meetings offered by CHAC in their daily battle to recover from alcohol and drug addictions, as well as their families and friends who participate in Al-Anon programs. They need to raise $15,000 by August 1st to stay afloat until their next big fundraiser, in Nov/Dec when they sell Christmas trees in the “Kringle’s Corner” event. Seattle Gay Scene averages over a 1000 readers a day (swells to 3000 a day during Pride!), so if every one of our readers pledged a minimum of $10, they’d be 2/3 of the way to their goal! For more info or to donate via PayPal, go to the CHAC website, NOW!!!
About the Author: Michael Strangeways
