Durty Nellie's Hosts NIU Charity Concert Event

Durty Nellie's Hosts NIU Charity Concert Event

Two Northern Illinois University Funds to Benefit

PALATINE, Ill., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Durty Nellie's West Irish Pub is pleased to announce a large concert fundraising event to benefit two NIU-related funds: the DeKalb-Sycamore Community Memorial Fund and NIU's February 14 Student Scholarship Fund. The University was recently involved in a tragic campus shooting with five student fatalities.

The concert event will take place on Monday, March 10, 2008 from 3:00pm-Midnight. Local bands will perform a variety of acoustic acts for a minimum entrance donation of $10. Scheduled bands to appear are: Modern Day Romeos, Sixteen Candles, Mr. Myers, Mr. Blotto, Murley Shertz, Mer and Dave Tamkin.

100% of the cover charge will be donated, as well as 20% of the net proceeds from food and beverage sales during the event. NIU students may have fundraising items for sale at the venue. This is an all ages event, families are welcome to attend.

The DeKalb and Sycamore Chambers, in cooperation with the DeKalb County Community Foundation, have established a Community Memorial Fund. The purpose of this 501c3 non-profit corporation fund is to collect donations to be used for a community remembrance.

Northern Illinois University has established a scholarship fund to honor the memory of the students slain in the February 14 tragedy. The February 14 Student Scholarship Fund will receive gifts through the NIU Foundation for the general scholarship fund and work through the NIU Scholarship Committee to distribute scholarships to deserving students in the name of those who lost their lives in the shooting at Cole Hall.

Durty Nellie's will donate proceeds to both charities.

The Northern Illinois University shooting was an incident that took place on February 14, 2008, during which a gunman shot multiple people on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. The incident happened at the campus's Cole Hall at approximately 3:05 p.m. The school placed the campus on lockdown and canceled all classes until February 25.

A total of six people, all residents of Illinois, died as a result of this incident: Gayle Dubowski, 20 -- Carol Stream; Catalina Garcia, 20 -- Cicero; Julianna Gehant, 32 -- Meriden; Steven Kazmierczak, 27 -- Champaign (perpetrator); Ryanne Mace, 19 -- Carpentersville; Daniel Parmenter, 20 -- Elmhurst.

A total of sixteen people were injured in this incident: Lauren Debrauwere -- Lake Barrington; Samantha Dehner, 20 -- Carol Stream; J.D. Donohue, 19 -- Rolling Meadows; Ryne Erickson -- Des Plaines; Brian Karpes, 27 -- Rolling Meadows; Patrick Korellis, 22 -- Lindenhurst; Jeff Malina -- Glenview; Harold Ng, 21 -- Mundelein; Joseph Peterson, 26 -- DeKalb (course instructor); Unnum Rahman, 19 -- Plainfield; Maria Ruiz Santana, 19 -- Elgin; Jeremy Walker, 20 -- Caledonia; Sherman Yau, 20 -- Naperville.

For more information, please contact Durty Nellie's. We hope to make this an extremely charitable and successful event in the wake of such a local tragedy. Go Huskies!

Durty Nellie's West Irish Pub, 180 North Smith Street in Downtown

Palatine. (847) 358-9150. http://www.durtynellies.com/

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