Stefano’s Brooklyn Pizza to host fundraiser for family that lost 2 daughters in mobile home fire

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Stefano’s Brooklyn Pizza is hosting a fundraiser in support of a Harlingen family that lost their daughters in a mobile home fire.

The fundraiser is expected to be held on Aug 17 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Stefano's will sell a 14" pepperoni pizza for $8.10, hot and ready for pick up or dine-in options, with a limit of ten.

Half of the proceeds from the pizza sales will go to the family.

Background

Sunday night mobile home fire claims lives of 2 Harlingen students

Firefighters responded around 11:34 p.m. to the 500 block of Emerald Drive. According to Harlingen Fire Chief Rafael Balderas, two-thirds of the mobile home was already engulfed in flames.

The victims of the fire have been identified as two girls, an 11-year-old, Alexia Garza, and a 13-year-old, Yulissa Garza.  The girls were students of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District and were going to start the fifth and seventh grades this fall semester.

A GoFundMe account has been set up to support the family of the late girls.