Posted on Dec 1, 2022
Colorado Springs fundraisers are rallying people behind the city’s LGBTQ community after the Club...
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Atrevida Beer Co. in Colorado Springs was standing room only Tuesday night as the small brewery held a fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ Resource Center at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
The fundraiser came just days after a shooting left five people dead and nearly two dozen injured. But the fundraiser, hosted by UCCS alum Richard Fierro who operates Atrevida with his wife, was planned before Fierro — an Army veteran — gained national attention for helping stop the attack at Club Q, a local LGBTQ club, on Nov. 19.
“There's no way we would've expected the community to come out like this,” Fierro said as his servers sold pint after pint. The brewery donated one dollar from each beer sold to the resource center and Ent credit union said it would match the amount raised.
Gov. Jared Polis and Mayor John Suthers were also on hand as Ent Credit Union presented Fierro with its first Community Advocate Award, complete with a $50,000 check.
In the days since the shooting, Colorado Springs has rallied around the LGBTQ community. Pride flags now hang from businesses all along the city’s downtown, including a 25-foot one draped over the front of city hall.
The fundraiser came just days after a shooting left five people dead and nearly two dozen injured. But the fundraiser, hosted by UCCS alum Richard Fierro who operates Atrevida with his wife, was planned before Fierro — an Army veteran — gained national attention for helping stop the attack at Club Q, a local LGBTQ club, on Nov. 19.
“There's no way we would've expected the community to come out like this,” Fierro said as his servers sold pint after pint. The brewery donated one dollar from each beer sold to the resource center and Ent credit union said it would match the amount raised.
Gov. Jared Polis and Mayor John Suthers were also on hand as Ent Credit Union presented Fierro with its first Community Advocate Award, complete with a $50,000 check.
In the days since the shooting, Colorado Springs has rallied around the LGBTQ community. Pride flags now hang from businesses all along the city’s downtown, including a 25-foot one draped over the front of city hall.
Colorado Springs fundraisers are rallying people behind the city’s LGBTQ community after the Club...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Many of those at Club Q on that night, including both Aston and Fierro, were in attendance to celebrate Kent’s 23rd birthday at Lulu’s.
“I had given Daniel a hug and a kiss [and] told him I loved him no more than probably seconds before it happened,” Kent said.
Kent said Aston had told him that this New Year’s he was going to whisk Kent away to a Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas to get married."
..."Many of those at Club Q on that night, including both Aston and Fierro, were in attendance to celebrate Kent’s 23rd birthday at Lulu’s.
“I had given Daniel a hug and a kiss [and] told him I loved him no more than probably seconds before it happened,” Kent said.
Kent said Aston had told him that this New Year’s he was going to whisk Kent away to a Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas to get married."
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