Hodad’s will lend a helping hand on Dec. 6 to a local father and son who fell victim to a recent residential fire. The Ocean Beach burger joint will host a concert at the Masonic Lodge to raise money for George and Tristan Perry, whose home burned down last month. “It’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s all about fun,” said Hodad’s owner Mike Hardin. “Come and show up and give whatever you can. It will show Tristan and his dad that we really do rally together. This is how we do it.” The event will run from 1 to 6 p.m. and will feature donated burgers and drinks and live music throughout. The primarily punk lineup features The Bordertown Skanks, Downspell, The Screamin YeeHaws, The Milli Vanillis, DPI and a few other acts. All of the music will be local, and some of the bands feature folks from Hodad’s itself. “We’ve got about 45 employees now,” Hardin said, “and about six bands represented here.” The Perry’s house, located on the 4600 block of Lotus Street, was ravaged by flames Oct. 18 along with a detached garage and a neighbor’s boat. The fire caused an estimated $150,000 damage. “The amount of damage could have been a lot worse,” George Perry said. “I really believe if the fire department didn’t get there when they did it could have spread even more and it could have been really very bad.” Tristan Perry worked at Hodad’s as a volunteer and then as an employee starting about a year and a half ago. When the restaurant got word of the fire, it was Mike Hardin’s son, Shane, who had the idea to help the Perrys. “It just made sense,” Shane Hardin said. “I’d been to benefit shows before and there’s a bunch of bands around here that play music. That was the first thing that came to my head after Hodad’s.” George Perry, who works as a local mailman, said he was amazed when he heard about the concert and realized the support coming from the community. “It blew me away when I found out his son started talking to people and really motivated some of the guys that work down there,” George Perry said. “It really is a very uplifting thing to know that so many people are so willing and eager to get involved in something like this and have worked hard to organize it.” George Perry said that rebuilding the fire-ravaged house is still a long way off. He and his son are still looking for a new place to live in the interim, living with friends and family until they land a more permanent home. “For me, the toughest part is getting past it and still being able to go over it and deal with the different things involved — having to find a place and get all this stuff,” George Perry said. “At times it’s almost overwhelming.” George Perry expressed his gratitude to those involved with the planning and organization of the event. He said he appreciates their time and effort. “There’s no way I can express how much that means and how thankful I am,” George Perry said. Admission to the benefit concert is free, with Mike Hardin asking for donations to financially assist the Perrys. Mike Hardin figures it is the least he can do for the community he has lived in his whole life. “Ocean Beach has made us what we are today. This is the original, this is where we started,” Mike Hardin said. “OB is the one that rallied around us; we never advertised,” he added. “It’s fitting that anytime we can do anything to help the community, we donate like crazy.” And while donations at the concert will help George and Tristan Perry replace some of the items they lost, seeing the support of their local community might be even more valuable. “Feeling like people get it and there are people out there that want to help that care about the situation and what’s going on,” George Perry said. “That has a lot to do with it.” Point Loma Masonic Lodge is located at 1711 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. in Ocean Beach. For more information on the benefit concert e-mail Celeste Abbott at [email protected].