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The saga of Rainbow Young and his accordion will come to a close tonight in the city of Utica, New York.
Mark DiOrio, who organized the GoFundMe for Rainbow Young, will be presenting Rainbow with his new accordion tonight at Nail Creek Pub on Varick Street in Utica between 8PM - 8:30PM.
shattered local fundraising records. Rainbow was not seriously injured in the assault, but his accordion was destroyed. That s what sparked the fundraiser.
DiOrio decided to close the fundraiser after raising about $6,000, which is more than enough to get Rainbow a new instrument. We ve already preordered him one, but there is a substantial amount left over. We re going to put if for whatever he might need, said DiOrio. If he needs anything for his apartment. I don t know…it s something we ve got to investigate a little bit more. If he wants any more instruments. All the money is going to be spent on Rainbow in some way shape or form.
A fundraiser was created on GoFundMe in response to an assault Thursday night on Rainbow Young on Varick Street in Utica.
Rainbow is a popular character who is frequently seen playing various instruments while roaming around bars in Utica.
According to the fundraiser post, Rainbow is fine “outside of a couple bruises,” but his accordion was destroyed.
The fundraiser was made around 9:30 p.m. Thursday to help Rainbow purchase a new instrument. The accordion will be purchased with the help of Big Apple Music in New Hartford.
The desired goal was $2,200, but it already had reached $6,000 by early Friday afternoon.