ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Organizers facing $100,000 in debt after a boxing event held a press conference today outside of Blue Cross Arena, asking the community for their help to fill in the gap.
Organizers said they did all they could to promote the event, not anticipating a low turnout or ending the night with a mountain of debt.
When asked whether it is the community’s responsibility to help foot the bill, Clay Harris, founder of Uniting and Healing Through Hope of Monroe County, stated, “The Lord says we are our brother’s keeper. We ought to bear one another’s burdens in a time of need. What we are asking now, as we have borne the burdens of thousands and tens of thousands of people all over this community for years. We’re…