Pretty awesome move by Canadian rockers, Rush!

 

After being named , recipients of the 2017 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Award earlier this month, the Canadian Music Week award allows the band donate $40,000 to the charity of their choice.  Their charity of choice? The Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital.

 

The band wrote in a Facebook statement:

 
“We are pleased to direct this generous donation from the Allan Slaight Humanitarian award to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Sunnybrook.  Many Canadian families have been affected either directly or indirectly by this terrible disease. Through Gord’s courageous efforts this cause is now getting the attention it desperately deserves. As a fellow musician and friend, it’s our turn to help support his efforts to fight brain cancer now.”

 

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