Originally published October 9, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified October 9, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Comments (0)
E-mail article
Print view
Alger benefit aims to aid victims' families in Zamora shooting
The Secret Sisters of Alger is hosting a community benefit to help those affected by last month's deadly shooting rampage, in which six people died and four were injured.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Alger fundraiser
A community benefit to help the families of victims of last month's shooting rampage is planned this weekend at the Alger Fire Station, 18726 Park View Lane.Hourly raffle drawings, a rummage sale, bake sale, pony rides and a carwash are all part of the festivities, which run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
For more information, call 360-610-9798 or 360-661-2334.
Days after alleged gunman Isaac Zamora went on a shooting rampage that left six dead and four injured, the Secret Sisters of Alger — an informal group of community women who meet monthly at the Alger Bar & Grille — helped organize a candlelight vigil on the lawn of a local church.
More than 500 people came to mourn the dead and comfort the survivors.
But the Secret Sisters of Alger, who range in age from their 20s to their 70s, wanted to do more to help heal their community's wounds. This weekend, the sisterhood is hosting a community benefit — and all proceeds will be evenly split among the victims' families.
It's been just over a month since the horror of Sept. 2, when six were gunned down — a sheriff's deputy, a grocery-store clerk, two construction workers, a retired contractor and a former Boeing worker who was on his way home to Oregon.
Four other people, including a State Patrol trooper, were injured in the rampage that began in Alger, traveled south on Interstate 5 and ended with arrest of Zamora in Mount Vernon. He is charged with 20 felonies, including six counts of aggravated, first-degree murder.
The money raised will help provide "a little relief" for families struggling to put the pieces of their lives back together, said Dawn Thomas, 40, a member of the Secret Sisters, a volunteer firefighter and the co-owner of the Alger Bar & Grille.
"Just knowing the community cares that much is probably worth more than the money we can raise," she said.
Thomas said the outpouring from individuals and businesses throughout Skagit County has "been overwhelming."
Local business people have donated everything from massages to camping gear for the hourly raffle drawings planned for both Saturday and Sunday. People also continue to flood a Bellingham church and an Alger storage facility with items for a massive rummage sale.
One man will be recharging fire extinguishers in exchange for donations and Thomas even hopes the local food bank will benefit from an influx of donated food.
"We're healing, we're definitely healing," she said.
Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or sgreen@seattletimes.com
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
E-mail article
Print view Share:
Digg
Newsvine
![]()
NEW - 12:17 AM
Big demand, grim outlook for state Basic Health Plan
UPDATE - 11:31 PM
Flood fears dampen business, home sales
Nicole Brodeur: Homeless woman bent on giving
Portland cafe's specialty: medical-marijuana tokes
Thousands of tax-refund checks undeliverable

PNW Magazine | Easy As Pie
A little friendly competition between professional pie-baker Kate McDermott and The Seatttle Times' Kathleen Triesch Saul is handled with great taste.
nwautos
Local riders say they've seen a surge in scooter interest in recent years, mostly from people wanting another commuting option. Seattle now ranks as o...
Post a comment
nwjobs
Post a comment
Michelle Goodman blogs about work/life balance.
Do you suffer from "sitting disease"?
Post a comment
- Illegal workers quietly let go
- Sprouts, raw fish on attorney's 'do not eat' list
- Jerry Brewer | Jerry Brewer: Seahawks can't lean on the Hutch Crutch now
- Woman stabbed by stranger in North Seattle
- Tattoos at Mill Creek church pierce skin, soul
- UW, WSU once again meet to see who's worse
- Food-safety lawyer's wish: Put me out of business
- Husky Football Blog | Ranking the Pac
- Vikings easily beat the Seahawks
- Tugboat sinks at Seattle waterfront pier
- Illegal workers quietly let go
406 - Climate change speeds up since 1997 Kyoto accord
215 - Metro won't cut bus service after all
160 - New Husky recruit: Enes Kanter
106 - Bellevue residents blast new bikini espresso stand
94 - Middleton says Huskies "plan on scoring at least 50 points'' Saturday
86 - Tattoos at Mill Creek Church pierce skin, soul
85 - Seattle woman charged with knife attack on boyfriend's ex
76 - Jerry Brewer: Seahawks can't lean on the Hutch Crutch now
75 - Senate Democrats split on health bill's fate
58
- Sprouts, raw fish on attorney's 'do not eat' list
- Tattoos at Mill Creek church pierce skin, soul
- Food-safety lawyer's wish: Put me out of business
- Illegal workers quietly let go
- Architects, chefs find 'kid' within to build Gingerbread Village
- Rediscovering Moab, 'the most beautiful place on Earth'
- It's possible to recover a life lost to hoarding
- Child-support error costs nearly $21,000
- 'The Road' takes Viggo Mortensen to Mount St. Helens and Astoria, Ore.
- Hutch gets $10M from Bezos family for immunotherapy research








