Take Action for Tsunami Relief

Two dear friends of SFist wrote in to let us know about local tsunami relief events. Your Waitress wants photobloggers and everyone else to know that HiMY SYeD, Toronto native and current Bay Area resident, is asking folks to organize neighborhood vigils on Sunday the 9th and Monday the 10th as part of the Global Vigil for the Global Village. Vigils are already planned for Toronto, New York, Karachi, London and Vancouver, as well as in San Francisco and Berkeley. The San Francisco vigils will be held on Sunday at Ocean Beach, below the Cliff House, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm and on Monday at the UN Plaza from 5pm to 7pm. It will be a great chance to reflect on the human cost and connect with others in mourning. Bring candles, lighters, brown paper bags. He also asks that photobloggers shooting the event share their pictures. To organize a vigil in your neighborhood, or to look for others doing the same, check out the Global Vigil for the Global Village blog for news and updates.

Our man at the SF Weekly, Nate Cavalieri, put together a less somber but no less sincere benefit event at 12 Galaxies in the Mission. The Benefit Show for the International Red Cross Disaster Relief Efforts in South Asia will be on Wednesday at 7:30 and will include performers Mark Eitzel, Jolie Holland, Sonny Smith, Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Loquat, The Herms, Dave Gleason, Mike Therieau and Pat Johnson, The Bellyachers, Tom Heyman and Bart Davenport. It will be ten dollars at the door, although you can give more, and 100% of the door and much of the drink proceeds will go directly to charities helping with the relief effort. There will also be a benefit raffle with prizes, including Amoeba gift certificates and vintage Red Cross gear.

Photo by HiMY SYeD of Photopia.