Christina Brown, who was an employee of Mr. Waves on Fort Myers Beach, was killed in a car accident last week. Over the weekend businesses all across Southwest Florida held fundraisers for the Brown family, collecting $20,000.
Brown has three children. One of her 12-year old twin daughters was in the car with her and was badly injured.Â
A GoFundMe page set up for funeral arrangements and medical bills has already collected over $43,000. A visitation and Celebration of Life will be held August 2nd. DETAILS.
Here are the businesses all over Southwest Florida that stepped up to help.
Mr. Waves Island Bar: $4,000
Current Riders FMB collected $4,250 raffling off a new e-bike.
Tri-Town Construction: $1,000
Mango Rita’s Rhythm House: $500
Sprakes Retail in Bonita: $300
Cold Stone Creamery: $250
Jen’s Cigar Bar – $500
Island’s Pancake House: $250
Island Carts:$400
Little Caesar’s on Marco Island: $100
MoJoe’s Coffee Cafe
Bill Beck donated $200 from his tips at his Friday Wahoo Willie’s gig.
Salty Girls Island Cafe: in Pine Island is donating 20% from all sales on Sunday.
The Goodz : $150
Big Dick’s T-Shirt Shop: $575
Kendra Scott: $333
Beach Pottery: $500
Fort Myers Brewing Company: $1,500
The Beach Bar $500
Fort Myers Beach Sun-N-Fun Sport Rentals $300
The Islander $550
Bad Ass Coffee: $500
La Ola Surfside Restaurant $500
Smokin’ Oyster Brewery $817
The Brown Family lives in Cap Coral and watched the show Sunday when Daniel Clarkson came on the show to talk about all the fundraisers.
God Bless all the contributors and the family and friends of Christina Brown. May she rest in peace.
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