Rico is the best! He is funny and hard working and like us, gave his all for the Flying Dutchman. With the abrupt closing and the bounced payroll, Rico has been left with nothing to take care of his family.

His son was hurt in an accident recently, so he is unable to help.

We discussed how we can help him during this rough time on Friday night, so I wanted to start a GoFundMe so that we are able to pool money to help out our friend.

Update: I met with Rico today to give him a check. Here is a message from Rico:

“Those who have given me the greatest gift of my life—and I'm not talking about money, I mean emotionally—gratitude is the memory of the heart, and you are etched into my very being. Thank you. So much”