If you’re in the Birmingham area and you like to eat, head over to La Paz Restaurant in Crestline tomorrow (Thursday) between 4 PM and closing. You’ll get a good meal and help out a struggling family at the same time. Be sure to leave a big tip.
Alfredo Colin is a married father of four who has worked at La Paz Restaurant in Crestline for the past 10 years. Last Wednesday, Colin had to have a large tumor removed from his brain. Fortunately, the surgery went well and Colin is safe. Unfortunately — like many in the service industry — Colin does not have health insurance, and his medical bills are staggering.
La Paz’s staff has decided to chip in and do what they can to ease the financial burden on Colin and his family. So, on Thursday, August 21, from 4 p.m. until closing, all tips at La Paz will be donated to Colin, and whatever is raised will be matched by La Paz.
It’s great to see the staff and the management pulling together to help a colleague. I hope the place is packed tomorrow.
h/t Madison at Mixed Media
This is a great cause, and I hate to be a party-pooper, but if LaPaz can afford to match the donations, why are they not providing health insurance in the first place? Until we have a decent national plan (Medicare for everyone!) then people have to depend on their employers. Someone who’s been working for a place for ten years should be treated better than that, in my opinion. And if it makes the cost of your dinner go up by a couple of dollars, well, I think most of us restaurant diners could afford it.
Lisa, I started to mention that in the post, and you are absolutely right. I have no idea how much the wait staff brings in on a typical night, but even matched by management the total won’t make a dent in the kind of medical bills one incurs with brain surgery. Still, it’s something, and maybe the publicity will attract other donors.