Look, my BIL is at death's door. We're just waiting for the phone call. They have almost no money, and so the community came together and put on a huge bash, with everything a northern NYer loves: Food, drinking, gambling, music. To celebrate the guy's life and raise some dough. We raised over $12K.
There's another benefit coming up at the Legion for another cancer patient with 4 little kids. I expect they'll do well there, too. It's just what we do.