Celebrity chef Blythe Beck of Dallas and the teenaged members of five California rock bands are the latest to offer support to those whose lives were forever changed by the Aurora theater shootings.
Beck, who starred in the 2009 channel reality show “The Naughty Kitchen,” is having some of her chef pants made into a quilt to be auctioned, with proceeds going to the . In 2010, Beck started We Cook While They Clean, a benefit for the fishing community impacted by the Gulf Coast oil spill.
The Memorial Concert for Colorado, staged Sunday in Long Beach, featured music by five rock bands and raised $1,000 for the Aurora Victim Relief Fund. “This hit close to home, since it took place in a movie theater and teens go to movies,” said promoter George Rindfleisch. The bands, whose oldest member is 16, included the Ventura County-based Kismet, whose members had passed the hat at two previous gigs and collected an additional $307 for the cause.
The Aurora Victim Relief Fund, created by Gov. John Hickenlooper in partnership with the Arvada-based , has grown to $3.5 million. Online contributions can be made via .
In related news, the alt-rock duo , made up of brothers Corey and Bryan Tyler of Denver, has posted on YouTube. Filmed at the memorial site in Aurora, the brothers sing “Dreamer” while images of items left at the site, and visitors to it, are shown in the background.
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