Benefit for Mike Mundus

Hi
I thought I'd give everyone the update on the benefit they had last night for Mike (Joe's friend who was in the accident this summer). In one night, they raised over $36,000! That's awesome...especially since this was the 2nd benefit. The first one was in West Bend this summer and that raised $10,000. Not included in the $36,000 was all the cost to redoing Mike's house...they moved walls, doorways, put in handicapped accessible bathroom, a ramp, etc... and all those materials and labor were donated...so when you put the $36,000 plus the $10,000 plus remodeling a house, you have a pretty amazing gift to Mike and his family.
Joe was really happy with the turnout...over 405 people signed in (and some people like myself didn't sign in) so the total number was probably 450 or more. Mark Neary donated a 3 nights in Vegas plus 2 tickets to Cirque du Soleil,which brought in $450. The other highest item going was 2 roundtrip tickets to Brazil, plus lodging. That was a $3500 item...
Tonight Joe and a couple of the other guys who helped head this up, told Mike and Lisa what they had raised last night. Needless to say, Mike was overwhelmed and couldn't thank them enough.