An outdoor benefit concert is scheduled for Friday Aug. 28 to help raise money for Franklin County cancer patients.
For the eighth year, the Craig Brock Foundation is putting on its Cancer Steals Music Heals event, which is more commonly known as the Craig Run Concert. The concert, held in downtown Cowan, Tenn., relies on donations to assist Franklin County members who have cancer, said foundation member Jim Brock.
“[The concert] has good music, good food, good times and is a way for people to support a good cause and help our fellow man,” Brock said.
Craig Brock, Jim’s brother and whom the foundation was named after, lost his battle to a rare form of cancer in June 2001, Jim said.
“It was my brother’s dying wish to have a foundation that helps [other cancer patients],” Brock said.
The event is free and open to the public. Attendees will be charged only for food, but the foundation accepts donations.
Brock said the foundation and its proceeds help transport patients to and from treatment appointments.
One of the foundation’s goals for the Craig Run Concert is to raise money to help buy a van to transport patients to their appointments so they feel more comfortable, Brock said.
“When [Craig] was traveling to treatment he had to deal with the pain and embarrassment of being sick in public and having people stare at him,” Brock said.
Brock said the foundation wants to help make things like transportation easier for cancer patients and their families and provide emotional support in addition to physical support.
Brock said the concert will feature local acts, including The Penrose Experiment, Jay Clark, Peckerwood, Two Dogs Rose and Southern Proof.
In addition to the concert, attendees can enjoy a new Civil War museum exhibit, which was designed by Middle Tennessee State University’s Public History Department.
Benefit concert makes move for cancer patients
Published: Friday, August 28, 2009
Updated: Friday, August 28, 2009
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