Chicago ‘concert for a cause' Weishfest to benefit young cancer patients

A charitable music fest will take over part of Navy Pier for the first time this month to raise money for young cancer patients and their families. Since 2013, Weishfest has raised funds to uplift those families and patients during some of the toughest times of their loves, and it all started with one family s experience. The Weishar family started the nonprofit organization and inaugural music festival after losing their brother, Andrew, to colorectal cancer at age 21. Since then, they ve been inspired by his request that they pay forward the kindness that was shown to them during their struggle. The only thing he asked of us was to pay forward that love and kindness that was shown to our family, said Dan Weishar, Andrew s brother and event co-founder. The organization has raised $4.3 million since 2013, helping nearly 800 families in their cancer journey. The families that receive these funds, their lives are changed as a result of this as they re facing this