Fundraiser for Lilac Fire Victims Fund is Jan. 8

FALLBROOK – Local residents, in cooperation with the San Diego Foundation, are presenting a benefit concert and silent auction for the Lilac Fire Victims Fund Monday, Jan. 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Pala Mesa Resort. A $30 donation at the door is requested.

The event will include music by The Pompatus of Love featuring Greg Douglass, James East and Hector Toro, good food, great auction items for a good cause and a cash bar. With the auction, there will be minimum bids on the items. If they don’t sell for the minimum bid, they will be returned to the donor. Sales tax will have to be remitted on the silent auction items.

Greg Douglass was with the Steve Miller Band and co-wrote Jungle Love. Douglass, who came up with the idea for this benefit, will be playing from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

To date the San Diego Foundation has raised $300,000. Fundraisers hope to get this to $500,000 by the end of next week. Donations made online at http://www.sdfoundation.org/donors/donate-online/programs-funds/?pf=regional-disaster-fund will be 100 percent tax deductible.

Pala Mesa is located at 2001 Old Highway 395, Fallbrook.