A Rock To Cure And Mic Benefit Show

Kali Herbstman -- Oneonta, NY

On Tuesday February 16th, many people from different organizations gathered to see A Rock to Cure and Mic Benefit Show.  Tickets were sold for $2 at the door, although donations were accepted as well.  All the donations that were received went straight to the Tyler Demarco Foundation. The money is directly used to fund Cancer research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to cure Medulloplastoma, which is the disease that took Tyler Demarcos life at such a young age. 

© Tylerdemarcofoundation.com

I was able to interview many people walking into the show to see what they had to say about the event going on.  Danielle Razukiewicz explained, "I have a friend in pitch slapped and i'm really exited to see what they have to offer. its my first time here this semester, and i'm really excited!"

Danielle Razukiewicz (left), Mackenzie Biggers (right) © Kali Herbstman

"My name is Sarah Metzler and i just went into the event for a little while, until you asked to interview me, and i actually think the event is really great because its a bunch of organizations that came together to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer research and i like the fact that the person that started the foundation for his brother came back as an alumni to make sure that all of these organizations came together and were able to work together to raise money. Im really happy with the turnout!" After speaking with Sarah I realized that the founder of this organization was actually at the event.  He was kind enough to speak with us and tell us about his journey of making this foundation as great as it is today.

Zeke Kubinski (Left), Sarah Meltzer (Right) © Kali Herbstman

Right before I left the event, I was able to speak with Zeke Kubinski and see what his insight was about the event. "Its going really great. i'm having a great time, i'm liking a lot of the bands performing, and it looks like it will be a great night!"

Hearing all of the positive things that people had to say about this event really made the night even more enjoyable.  The bands were awesome, and its safe to say that everyone had a great time supporting an amazing foundation.