Touching

This email was sent to me from my friend Dave and it was sent to him from a guy named Marc. This story is so touching and I am overwhelmed with the generosity of someone that does not even know me. I hope you all find this story as touching as I have. It is nice to know that even with the world as crazy as it is that there are good people still out there.

Greetings! Hope you all are getting through the winter without too much hardship. I seem to recall just a few months ago that we were all talking about how Global warming was making it such a mild winter....HA! So i'm going to warm things up a little on Wednesday March 7th, when I take the stage for the first time as a "Featured" singer/songwriter at Maynards, Sit N Bull Pub Open Mic Night. The show begins at 8PM with each open mic artist playing anywhere from 2 - 3 songs. Then I take the stage between 9 and 9:30 to perform a half hour set. During that set i'll be performing some of my originals with a few covers thrown in here and there to save you from the torture :D. I'm honored to have my neighbor, friend and guitar mentor, Jeff King backing me on Guitar and vocals. Now for the serious bit. As is customary for feature acts at Open Mic events, the hat is passed to collect money for the "Feature" who are typically starving artists. In my case you all know that I am neither starving nor an artist by profession, so I don't want your money. However, I know someone who does. You all may remember Westboroughs' David Rubensteins challenges when he was diagnosed with scleroderma and his insurance company refused to cover the cost of experimental treatment. Fortunately for David the outpouring of support from the community was able to raise enough money to pay for his treatment and he is now thankfully recovering at home. Scleroderma is a disease which hardens the soft tissue of your body and organs. There is no "formal" cure, but experimental treatment involving bone marrow and stem cell transplant is working but not covered by most healthcare insurance providers. To learn more about this disease go to http://www.scleroderma.org. You can read about David's progress in his blog by going to http://www.helpdave.org. In his blog David has identified another person Devona Coulson of Hewitt, Texas who is suffering from the same disease and is also in need of donations to help pay for the costs of her treatment and expenses. If you are able to come out on Wednesday March 7th, please give generously when the hat is passed because it could literally save a life. If you donate cash I will donate everything to Devona. If you want to bring a check please make it out to "Benefit Account for Devona Caulson". If you can not attend but still wish to make a donation you can donate on line at http://www.transplantfund.org. Just type "Caulson" in the Patient Website box on the left to get to Devonas personal donation page. I hope to see you on the 7th, The Sit N Bull offers great food, cold beer in addition to some pretty good entertainment. Add good people to the mix and how can you go wrong! If you need directions, you can get them from the Sit N Bull website at http://www.sitnbull.com.