Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Comedy event benefits Cure Kids Cancer
Join Cure Kids Cancer and Last Comic Standing comedian Ralphie May for the 2009 Brewhaha event Friday, April 3, at Icon Nightclub, 307 Park Central East in downtown Springfield.
Doors open at 6 p.m., and tickets are $35 per person (ages 21 and over only). Local opening acts, a silent auction, food from Big Whiskey’s and an appearance by NFL player Grant Wistrom round out the evening. Proceeds benefit Cure Kids Cancer and the Grant Wistrom Foundation.
Cure Kids Cancer is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving and saving the lives of children with cancer by raising funds for local pediatric programs. The 170 Cure Kids Cancer hospitals provide diagnosis, life-saving cancer treatments and pediatric cancer education programs that help children with cancer and their families find hope for the future. All Cure Kids Cancer funds remain local to help local children. For more information about Cure Kids Cancer, visit www.coxhealth.com.
The Grant Wistrom Foundation was founded in July 2002, and strives to provide pediatric cancer patients with time to “just be children.” For more information about the Grant Wistrom Foundation, visit www.grantwistrom.net.