My son wanted to share his picture he drew for the firemen to honor them for all their hard work.
/ Courtesy: David Thompson
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado is coming together in a big way. A sold-out concert on the Fourth of July is set to collect donations for victims and response crews of the Waldo Canyon Fire.
A Community Rises Benefit Concert
July 4, 2012 at 7 p.m.
World Arena
Watch it LIVE on www.FOX21News.com and FOX21 and SOCO CW
Featuring
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Isaac Slade of The Fray
Flying W Wranglers
Michael Martin Murphey
Flash Cadillac
Donations
100 percent of funds raised will go directly to local relief efforts via the Waldo Canyon Fire Victim's Assistance Fund, Pikes Peak United Way and El Pomar Foundation.
CHEFS Catalog is providing the call center and voulnteer employees for telethon donations for the event.
In a joint statement, John Weiss, Publisher of the Independent and Jim Daly, President of Focus on the
Family, said, “Fighting this fire, we are one community—together. Yes, we have had our differences, but we are united in reaching out to fire victims in their time of need and also honoring those risking their lives fighting this devastating tragedy.”
For more information on the concert, click here.