Berry Strong Emergency Fund

On May 28, 2023 in downtown Davenport, Iowa a apartment complex with about 5-6 stories had a partial collapse, with major outcomes. With the tragic and unexpected event that took place here in the heart of city of Davenport, two survivors who were caught in the wreckage of everything by the grace of God, and the strength of each other are still here today dealing with the aftermath of everything. 

I am starting this go fund me to help a coworker/friend/overall inspiration to me and her wife. Lexus and Peach (Quanishia) Berry are a big part of what makes our downtown colorful and bright.

Lexus being the owner and founder of Berry Fine Art has gone above and beyond, starting from the bottom and building the BFA to what it is today, she and her wife Peach have inspired myself and so many others to let go and vibe and let the creativity flow.

Without Lex and Peach, I myself wouldn’t be who I am today let alone believe I could create such beautiful things with my mind and hands. These two women who’ve worked so hard to bring them selves to a point of comfortability with their two cats have made it home and built a family just, inside The Davenport apartments.

By the negligence of whomever is responsible for that the fall of this building, not keeping things up to code, or ignoring the complaints of their tenants, Lexus and peach not only have physical injuries, traumatic memories that were going to sit with them for the rest of their life but they’ve also lost their home, which is full of their clothes and their food, and their memories and their poor poor kitties, not to mention all the beautiful artwork they’ve created in their home together.

These two women have to start completely over with absolutely nothing and it’s just not fair. We chose $20,000 to help cover the cost of getting them into a new home, food cost, peaches medical bills, surgery, hospital stay, rehabilitation and future prosthetics and to rebuild everything they have lost. We want them upright and comfortable, to go back to living their life. The way they knew as best they could.

I know many others are affected by this, and by the grace of God, I pray that they will all see justice, and hopefully a happy ending to all this. I would really love to see Lexus and Peach go back to a sense of normalcy that they know as soon as possible without any thing hindering them when they’ve done nothing to deserve something to hold them back, so give what you can every little bit will help. God bless.

With gratitude,

The Berry strong family