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Paint & Destroy art show, auction part of cancer fight
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Frank Alvarado with one of the skateboard decks painted by local residents, firefighters, famous Bay Area artists and professional skaters. - photo by Photo Contributed
When Frank Alvarado organized a team to head up to Lake Tahoe for the Skate the Lake event the first time, it was in honor of a friend who was battling for her life. Weakened by her treatments and the brutality of cancer, she was there at the finish line when he rolled across in the fundraiser for Boarding for Breast Cancer.That led Alvarado to step up his efforts to get people involved in the fight against breast cancer. Among his efforts is the Fourth Annual Paint and Destroy fundraiser on Friday at the Main Street Café.“I thought it would be cool to have an event where we would get people involved to paint skateboard decks and auction them off to raise money for that cause,” Alvarado said.