One Sachem alum is supporting another with the announcement of a charity concert in New York City later this year.
Recording artist Jon Bellion took to Twitter to announce an added date to his “Human Condition Tour” to support friend Andrew Gallo who was hurt in a diving accident earlier this year. All proceeds from the concert will benefit his friend and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
Both Bellion and Gallo graduated from Sachem North in 2009.
The concert, to be held at Terminal 5 in New York City on December 21, is called “DREWAPALOOZA”.
“New York!!!!! Some of you may or may not know, while touring my best friend was in a life threatening diving accident breaking his C5 (a section of his spine) that left him currently fighting for movement from the neck down,” he wrote on Twitter. “Together with both lungs collapsing from water intake, his fight has been nothing short of miraculous and he still fights to this day INCREDIBLY and BRAVELY might I add!”
“Together with @nike and @reevefoundation I’m ECSTATIC to announce DREWAPALOOZA!!!! What makes this show incredible is 100% of all the proceeds will be going to the Reeves Foundation for spinal chord injury research and to Drew and his family for financial medical support. Me and the beautiful mind crew can’t wait to see you there! BOOOOOM!”