The filing by the non-profit formed on July 7 by the owners of Pulse Nightclub comes just over a month after the country’s deadliest mass shooting and anti-LGBT hate crime, and the worst terror attack since 9/11.
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On June 12, a gunman who pledged allegiance to ISIS shot and killed 49 men and women, majority LGBTQ, on Latin Night at Pulse, before police killed him.
People from all over the nation continue to come out to pay their respects to those lost in the shooting.
As reported by WKMG ClickOrlando, Pulse has created a nonprofit charity, One Pulse Foundation, to raise funds for a memorial on the site. Rainbow-colored items, flowers, and candles still line the gate out front. Some are hoping to one day come back to the site and see something more than just the front of the building.
WESH reports the documents filed say OnePulse Foundation’s donations will be used for “conceiving, funding and aiding in the construction of a permanent memorial on the existing Pulse site in Orlando…and other relevant sites to be determined by the Board”. The goal is for it to be on the Pulse site, but Mayor Buddy Dyer said that’s still in the works.
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A spokeswoman for Pulse in Orlando said Tuesday that the benefit will be held August 19 at the NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles. Details regarding performers are still being worked out.
