SEQUIM — Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers will croon Saturday during their annual benefit concert, with proceeds this year going to a local nonprofit organization and a cancer fund.
“Each year this group provides a concert to give all donations contributed to a worthy cause,” said Michael Craig, a member of the Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers.
“This year the funds will be split between two different interests.”
Those are The Answer for Youth and the Cynthia Dawson Cancer Relief Fund, he said.
The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave., in Sequim.
“This concert is open to the public and we are encouraging [the public] to join us for an evening of music and celebration,” Craig said.
“Many songs will be presented. Some are very special and moving.”
Entry is by a freewill offering.
“We are going to pass the hat,” said Michael Rivers, Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers director.
TAFY
The Answer for Youth — known by the acronym TAFY — is a nonprofit volunteer-based organization that operates a community centered, barrier free, at-risk and homeless youth outreach center at 711 E. Second St. in Port Angeles.
According to its website, TAFY provides a loving and caring environment that allows visitors to feel safe and protected.
The center includes a small food bank and a free clothes closet, and also offers blankets, tents and other products necessary for underprivileged youth to survive on their own.
Cancer fund
Dawson, wife of a former member of the singing group and co-owner of Gordy’s Pizza, was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer two years ago, Craig said.
Medical expenses beyond insurance coverage, Craig said, are “mounting and these men, who sing and pray for her are also asking the public to help.”
For more information, contact Rivers at 360-808-7050 or send an email to nmrivers@olypen.com.
