A COWBOY’S CAUSE PRESENTS
MARYLANDPALOOZA
Support a Good Cause While
Enjoying the Performances of Some of
Maryland, Pennsylvania and
New York’s Finest Musical Acts
MARYLAND – A Cowboy’s Cause is
asking the community to come out and
show their support on April 11th
at JAMS Music Store located at 1438
Liberty Road Eldersburg, MD 21784. There
will be a bake sale starting at 5:30 pm.
Following the bake sale there will be a
concert with an eclectic group of
performers. The entry fee for the
concert will be $10 and it will consist
of a few artists from around the
Maryland area as well as a few acts from
out of town.
Performers include rapper and author of
How2Rap J- Mill, socially conscientious
rappers Razor Eaterz, Maryland rapper
Boo $ili$ and That night in Reno (which
is a catchy tune) acousmatic group The
Colour in Stereo. Matt Macis known for
playing the lead role in
Bat Boy: The Musical back in 2007 has
also agreed to lend his vocal and dance
talents to the benefit. Hip Hop fans
that plan on attending that night will
be in for a big treat, performing live
106 & Park recent freestyle Friday
performer Brian Dawson featuring
MEENSMOOV. Acts from out of town include
New York City singer/songwriter acoustic
guitarist Dane Ferguson whom has
performed on the popular late night
radio show The Joey Reynolds Show. With
many more acts TBA updated information
about the musical acts that will be
performing at the benefit can be found
at
www.myspace.com/acowboyscause .
The benefit event will help to
raise money for Frederick county
resident Alfie Fisher. The funds raised
will go towards helping him with his
special needs including helping his
family make their home handicapped
accessible for him. An independent
person since a very young age Alfie’s
family wants him to continue to live
that type of lifestyle.
Since a teenager he has been a
big help to his community. He has
mentored younger boys around the
neighborhood by teaching them how to
skateboard, ride dirt bikes, fish and
hunt. He also volunteered as a fire
fighter for Independent Hose Company 1
in Frederick, Md. He never strayed away
from lending a helping hand and even as
an adult he continued to help others,
especially the elderly.
September of 2008 Alfie was on
his way to help an elderly man on his
farm but he never made it to his
destination. His car hit an embankment,
rolled and then hit a utility pole. The
impact of the car caused the pole to
snap in half and fall onto his car
trapping him inside. An on looker saw
the accident and immediately called 911.
It took workers several hours to free
Alfie from the mangled car. Once freed
he was flown out to shock trauma located
in Baltimore, Md. Doctors began hooking
him up to machines which included a
breathing tube. Unsure if there were any
internal injuries they needed to make
sure that they had all of the extra
support they needed in order to save his
life.
After stabilizing Alfie his
Doctor’s informed his family of his
prognoses. He had suffered a broken
spine, partially collapsed lung and was
given a 1% chance of ever walking again.
They later found out that he suffered
from a broken neck as well. This was
devastating to his family especially
since Alfie was such an active person.
Two of his most loved activities
included fishing and bull riding.
The family was informed that he
needed immediate surgery in order to
stabilize his spine. After surgery Alfie
was taken off of the breathing machine
but weeks following the surgery he had a
set back and had to be put back on it,
he spent three weeks on the ventilator.
His family would find themselves
constantly praying over him or simply
just talking to him hoping for some sort
of response but for the most part there
would be none. At this point taking an
hour long drive had become a daily
routine for his family. The combination
of pain and frustration at times would
have Alfie pounding his hand on his bed
with tears falling down his face because
he was in such pain. He was unable to
communicate with anyone due to the fact
that there were tubes placed in his
throat and in one of his lungs.
Fighting to walk again has become
Alfie’s life mission and he has shown
that during his many grueling physical
therapy sessions. For him the therapy
was only the beginning he was very
determined to help his injuries heal
quickly. Unfortunately there was a set
back in October 2008 when both Alfie and
his family learned that he was suffering
from a bedsore. The bedsore was not
healing correctly and in December it
required further treatment. In January
2009 there would be a series of tests
and treatments done due to the bedsore
turning into a stage IV which is the
most serious and advanced. According to
University of Maryland Medical Center’s
website a stage IV bed sore is a
pressure ulcer that has become so deep
there is damage to the muscle and bone,
and sometimes tendons and joints. They
found out shortly after the testing that
the infection had went to the bone.
Alfie is no stranger to giving
back to his community and now he is the
one in need of his community’s help.
Alfie and his sister Tamara hope to not
only help him get back on his feet,
literally but they also hope to use A
Cowboy’s Cause to help others in the
community that are in need. A Cowboy’s
Cause has already started their mission
by helping to take in donations for a
family (which included five children) in
the Carroll County area that lost
everything to a fire. Items lost
included birthday presents for one of
the children as well as Christmas
presents for everyone in the whole
entire family.
If you'd like more information
about this cause please visit A Cowboy’s
Cause at
www.myspace.com/acowboyscause.
If you would like to schedule an
interview with Tamara or Alfie please
call Tamara at 301/712-2822 or e-mail
Tamara at
TamaraFisher27@yahoo.com.
