Dogfish Head Alehouse Donates $2K to Gemmells

A fundraiser at a local restaurant raised about $2,000 for the Gemmell family.dogfish

Dogfish Head Alehouse of Gaithersburg hosted a fundraiser Dec. 22 donating 20 percent of the proceeds to the Gemmell family. Marie Gemmell and her two young sons died on Dec. 8 when a jet crashed into their Gaithersburg home. Jenifer Miller, a waitress at Dogfish, launched a wildly successful GoFundMe account for the family that totals nearly $500,0000. Ken Gemmell and daughter Arabelle, 7, were not home at the time of the crash.

“We are pretty big in the community and we try our best to take care of people around us,” Dogfish General Manager Kyrie Khan told MyMCMedia. “We figured we would reach out to the family and show they are not alone.”

Khan said his company will be writing a check directly to Ken Gemmell.

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Krista Brick is a multi-media journalist with Montgomery Community Media.

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