Comedy Show To Benefit Lake Forest Teen

Proceeds from a Friday evening comedy show in Huntington Beach will go to the family of Jimmy Pequeno, a Lake Forest teen severely injured in a 2011 car crash.

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Edwin San Juan is headlining the show at the Hotel Huntington Beach, which is being called the Welcome Home Jimmy Comedy Jam. George Perez is hosting. General admission tickets to the show are $25. To get tickets, email santanarose@att.blackberry.net. The hotel is offering a discounted room rate for Friday evening for guests who mention that they are there for the Jimmy Comedy Jam.

Guests need to be at least 21 years old and "dress to impress," according to event organizers.

Pequeno recently returned to his Lake Forest home after seven months of hospitalization. A  in 2011 wrapped his vehicle around a light pole and landed him in a medically-induced coma with life-threatening injuries including skull fractures and a collapsed lung.

His girlfriend, senior Nicole Patteson, and the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs of which his father, Deputy Robert Pequeno, is a member, played instrumental roles in raising enough money to bring home the 18-year-old from the hospital.

Mike McElheny, of Laguna Beach-based contracting company McElheny Construction, donated his time and recruited others in the industry to turn a sunroom at the back of the Pequenos' Lake Forest home into a rehab room for his return.

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As of Pequeno's February return home, more than half of the estimated $100,000 needed to assist the family with medical bills had been raised, according to a spokewoman with the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs.

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The fundraisers included nights out at local restaurants, including , and , a and more.

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Even people from outside the Lake Forest community who had never met the Pequenos chipped in to help the family, from to .

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To get updates on fundraisers and Jimmy, visit the Pequeno family's Caring Bridge page and BringJimmyHome.com.

Welcome Home Jimmy Comedy Jam

Where/When: Hotel Huntington Beach, 7667 Center Avenue, Huntington Beach; cocktails and appetizers 6 to 8 p.m.; show 8 to 10 p.m.; DJ and dancing 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday

Why: Support the family of Lake Forest teen Jimmy Pequeno.

Price: $25 general admission; pre-sale ONLY; email santanarose@att.blackberry.net.