Astoria fund-raiser reaches its goal
Online campaign to raise money for cancer research will donate $11,190 to foundation
Astoria’s Beans & Lager hosted the sixth annual Andy Mac & Friends Fundraiser. Photos courtesy of Andrew McNamara
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELLDOMENECH
The online campaign
that accompanied The Andy
Mac & Friends holiday
fund-raiser at Astoria’s
Beans & Lager reached its
goal last week.
Now, the St. Baldrick’s
Foundation, a charity that
funds cancer research, will
receive $11,190 in addition
to the $1,500 raised from the
Dec. 15 benefit event.
Andrew MacNamara, the
Brooklyn-based musician
that started the fund-raiser
six years ago, turned to
social media to express his
gratitude.
For the past six years,
MacNamara organized and
hosted a holiday fund-raising
event to raise money for the
St. Baldrick’s Foundation in
honor of his niece, Fiona.
In 2011, the then 2-yearold
was diagnosed with
Acute Lymphoblastic
Leukemia. After a year
that MacNamara can only
describe as “hell,” the now
healthy 9-year-old went into
remission.
MacNamara, his friends
and his family have come
together every year since
then to work toward saving
others from such suffering.
To date, the online
campaigns and annual
events have raised $52,656
for St.Baldrick’s, according
to MacNamara, who donated
the online campaign’s final
$20.He did so in honor
of his mother, Fiona’s
grandmother, who died in
2014.W
hen asked how it felt to
raise such a sizable amount
of funds, MacNamara
refused to take credit.
“Well... I didn’t raise it.
My friends and family did,”
MacNamara said. “If I had
to guess, it probably feels
really damn good.”
Reach reporter Alejandra
O’Connell-Domenech by
e-mail at adomenech@qns.
com or by phone at (718) 224-
5863 (ext. 226).
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