PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Mitchell Shedlarz (trumpet, tenor horn, and vocals), along with other uber-talented world- class musicians of his quartet (keys, bass and drums), is proud to present Mitchell’s Mellow Madness Band in a benefit concert for Australia brushfire relief.
The show is Saturday, Feb. 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Park Ridge United Methodist Church 130 Berthoud St., Park Ridge.
The band says it will “lovingly perform” its “A Sweet Happy Life” concert “by playing sophisticated and beautiful, always familiar, jazz music mostly from the Great American Songbook, all in an upbeat, fun, and happy style.
Admission is by $20 per person suggested donation. Light refreshments will be available. Proceeds go to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, ifaw.org.
If you can’t attend, consider donating all the same. IFAW estimates that wildlife losses in Australia topped a billion animals—not including insects, frogs, and bats that are vital to the damaged ecosystem.
• A gift of $25 could supply lifesaving food for a koala recovering from a bushfire.
• A gift of $50 could purchase a feeding station for kangaroos and wallabies, or a nest box for surviving wildlife like gliders and possums.
• A gift of $100 could purchase veterinary supplies like burn cream, fluids, and supplements.
• A gift of $500 could cover the cost of deploying Bear, the koala sniffer dog, and his handler for a day’s search efforts.
