Samantha Tyler Cooper Show More Show LessĮven before the pandemic, GoFundMe, headquartered in Redwood City, had established itself as the go-to place for crowdfunding in the wake of emergencies. They raised $15,000 through the platform. During the shelter in place period they turned to GoFundMe to ask for financial help. Then the pandemic interrupted their business. Marlena Sloss / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 8 of8 Amina Brooks (left) and her husband, Jesse Brooks, were throwing three or four in-person events a month through their Oakland events company, Trapxart. Now that the city is in the yellow tier, the bar will be reopening on Friday. The bar was in danger of closing down permanently last year when a group organized a GoFundMe campaign and raised $100,000. Marlena Sloss / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 7 of8 A sign to show the bar is at capacity is seen at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco, Calif. Marlena Sloss / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of8 Aunt Charlie’s Lounge bar manager Joe Mattheisen speaks during an interview with The Chronicle at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco, Calif.
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Due to the fundraised money and the one year closure, the owners were able to repaint, refinish the bar surface, and install a dishwasher, new stainless steel sink and shelves behind the bar.
Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of8 The newly finished bar at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco, Calif. This Turk Street establishment, the last gay bar in the Tenderloin, is still operating due to money raised by a GoFundMe campaign that raised $100,000. Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of8 Shelby Asbury listens to Jesus Beltran tell a story at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Enjoy an evening at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of8 (left to right) Jesus Beltran, Justin Demartia and John W. Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of8 Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Marlena Sloss/Special to The Chronicleġ of8 Justin Demartia enjoys a drink at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
1st.” Aunt Charlie’s Lounge bar manager Joe Mattheisen gets himself a coffee at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco, Calif.
The bottom line: “Without your financial support, Aunt Charlie’s will not survive and will close for good on Aug. On May 30, the campaign seeking $100,000 went live. Bill Erkelens, the owner, had applied for a paycheck protection loan, but he received only a little more than $4,000, not enough for much of anything.įinally, Myles Cooper, a San Francisco DJ who had spent a decade throwing parties at the bar, suggested to Erkelens they start a fundraiser through GoFundMe. The 30-year-old bar was running out of money. But a few weeks of shutdown turned to months, then to something with no knowable end by May 2020, it seemed more and more likely nobody would ever see Mattheisen’s work.
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