KRU Esports helped a team fan who lost his home during the LA wildfires. They encouraged other people to join the wave of solidarity.
"Hello, my name is Alejandro. My family and I lived in one of the areas affected by the Pacific Palisades fires, and we lost absolutely everything", and those are the first sentences of Alejandro Melendez's GoFundMe. After discovering Alejandro was a VALORANT fan and one of the people affected by the LA wildfires, KRU Esports donated $1,000 to help him and his family.
Above all, on Alejandro's page, we can read that he and his family managed to get out without someone getting hurt and even bring some things we them. He created a GoFundMe to get some help rebuilding his family life after the Los Angeles wildfires. Until the time of this article, Alejandro was able to collect $4850.
KRU Esports helps a fan
KRU Esports is an Argentinian esports organization owned by football players Sergio Agüero and Lionel Messi. After a few hours, the KRU Esports donated Alejandro's family $1,000 after discovering he was a team fan living in LA.
In addition, KRU Esports answered Jake Lucky, an esports content creator, with a thankful message for bringing Alejandro's situation some attention and hoped that more people would join and help his family. The same message goes to everyone affected by the wildfires. Any help is welcome!
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Los Angeles wildfires
On January 7, a series of wildfires started in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Pacific Palisades, burned "22,660 acres", including "numerous homes, businesses and landmarks". Thirteen people died. Until now, only 11% of the fire is contained. However, there are many campaigns on social media to raise money to help the affected families all over Los Angeles. Here's a thread.
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