When Good People Do Good Things…

Every day, I meet the most amazing people on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites.  The other day, I met Mick Michael Du Russel.  He started to IM me on Facebook and tell me something about a fund raiser that he was doing.  I told him to call me at work.  He did and proceeded to tell me a story about his parents.

“Before my parents got married and by the way, my father lived in the Bronx and my Mother lived in Canada, my father got a woman pregnant and never knew,” he said. “About 15 years ago, this was after my father passed away, I got a call from Walter.  It turns out that Walter was my long lost half-brother. He was dying and lived in Pennsylvania.  He had ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. My two older brothers and my twin sister and I met him in NYC. He looked more like my dad then anyone else.  We all got along so great.  That was the first and only time I ever saw my brother.  ALS took away my chances to have a relationship with the brother I never knew.”

In response, Mick will be hosting a concert on April 25 at the Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale from 3 pm – 11 pm.  Tickets will be $20 and will go directly to the Columbia University ALS Gift Fund toward research on finding a cure for ALS.

He told me that there will be cover bands as well as celebrities at the event.  “And we have amazing raffle prizes too,” he said.

This is his third year organizing an event of this caliber.  The first year he raised $1,500 for the fund and the second year he raised $2400.  “It goes up every year and this year I’m really trying to max out the Nutty Irishman.  WBAB radio is supporting the effort and will help me promote the event.  If I get 400 people, we can raise $8000 toward a cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease.”

Mick Du Russel is a graphic artist for Natural Organics.  He also owns a cleaning business called “Advantage Cleaning Service” and writes about entertainment in SpotonLI.com.  He also said he’s currently working on his first book.

It really makes me feel good when I hear about good people doing good things!