CJ’s Village Cafe in Lake Orion is collecting funds for the Valiente-Carrasco family of Pontiac, who lost a mother and five children after a fire swept through their Pontiac home on July 29.
CJ’s owner Carl Slomczemski said the sister-in-law of Guillermina Valiente Carrasco, who was killed in the fire with her five children: seven-year-old Grecia, two-year-old Veronica, one-year-old Selena, three-year-old Francisco and three-year-old Edurado; works at CJ’s Cafe.
“The family is quite shaken,” he said. “We’re trying to do what we can for them.”
Donations for the family may be mailed to, or dropped off at, CJ’s Village Cafe, 21 W. Flint Street, Lake Orion, MI, 48362. Checks should be made payable to CJ’s Village Cafe, C/O the Valiente-Carrasco family. CJ’s can be reached by phone at 693-8704.