Breast Cancer Benefit This Saturday (October 4) At O'Shaughnessy's Pub Sponsored By TrueSurvivors.org

True Survivors, a new non-profit organization based in Alexandria, is sponsoring its first benefit to raise money for breast cancer research and treatment. True Survivors http://www.truesurvivors.org is intended to be a web based arena of stories by and about survivors of all kinds. Survivors of disease, injury, disability, etc can often have interesting even inspiring stories. True Survivors goal is to share those accounts with everyone and in all hopes encourage individuals to give and/or volunteer to many groups that help survivors.

The first benefit show is Saturday October 4th. Starting at 3pm at O’Shaughnessy’s Pub in Old Town Alexandria (1324 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314). Five (5) excellent bands playing with NO cover charge and some free snacks and appetizers. All details on acts and specifics on where the money raised will go are here- http://www.truesurvivors.org/BenefitShow.html

The director of True Survivors, a gentleman named Larkin (a survivor as well, and his story is on the site - http://www.truesurvivors.org/LarkinVAStory.html) had these words-

“Yes, I founded True Survivors to promote education and understanding about survivors everywhere. The goals of the organization are serious but we also want to encourage some fun, and in all hopes, this benefit will be the first of many. So come out everybody! Fun for a great cause!”