"Hoy por ti, mañana por mi." My younger brother (21) lost his battle with depression at the end of last month. We were able to cover the funeral expenses but were still short about 10k for the burial. My aunt organized a fund raiser, we call them Kermez in Spanish, people showed up to sell food they cooked and donated their time. Some of them had shirts with "Hoy por ti, mañana por mi" written on them. People even donated expensive liquor bottles, tvs, even a 2008 Mini Cooper to raffle away throughout the event. My brother's best friend bought 10 tickets at 100 each for the car. All in all we gathered 16k at the end of the day as well as 6k from a gofundme my brothers coworkers did. My brother was loved, I just wish he knew it before he left us..

Last weekend my mother and I participated in another Kermez for a single mom who left two young girls behind. And we are waiting confirmation on another one for one of the people who showed up to sell tacos for my brothers.