VCU Health System and Kiss FM to Present Concert for Sickle Cell Research
The fund-raiser will celebrate Black History Month and feature guitarist and singer Chuck Brown.
Eric Peters
VCU Communications and Public Relations
petersem@vcu.edu
2/6/2012
The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System and 99.3/105.7 Kiss FM will host “A Party for the People 2” on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Hat Factory, 140 Virginia St., Richmond.
The night of music will feature Chuck Brown, also known as the “Godfather of Go-go,” and Richmond-based funk group “Plunky and Oneness.”
One hundred percent of the event’s proceeds will benefit the Florence Neal Cooper-Smith Initiative for Sickle Cell Research, an ongoing initiative to raise money for aggressive research directed at finding a cure for sickle cell disease.
Sickle cell disease is a chronic, incurable, inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with the disease experience periodic, often unexpected episodes of intense pain.
“The programs in place at VCU to help sickle cell patients are a result of the efforts of Florence Neal Cooper-Smith, a pioneer of sickle cell awareness both regionally and nationally,” said Wally Smith, M.D., medical director of the VCU Center on Health Disparities.
Tickets for the concert are $25 in advance - $20 for a limited number of VCU Health System Employees and Kiss Cash Card Holders – and $30 at the door. They are available at the Hat Factory Box office and online at http://www.hatfactoryva.com/.
- About VCU and the VCU Medical Center
Virginia Commonwealth University is a major, urban public research university with national and international rankings in sponsored research. Located on two downtown campuses in Richmond, VCU enrolls more than 32,000 students in 211 certificate and degree programs in the arts, sciences and humanities. Sixty-nine of the programs are unique in Virginia, many of them crossing the disciplines of VCU’s 13 schools and one college. MCV Hospitals and the health sciences schools of Virginia Commonwealth University compose the VCU Medical Center, one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. For more, see www.vcu.edu.
