INDIANAPOLIS — The pandemic has Rock for Riley rethinking their annual concert to raise money for Riley kids.
The student-run philanthropy group has had to cancel a few of its spring events, so they’ve turned their concert into a musical movie night at Tibbs Drive-In.
At their last fundraiser, they raised $1,000 to help kids at Riley Hospital for Children. This year, they’re funding an area of the hospital that allows money to go to various departments that need it most. Their goal is to raise $2,500 and have already collected more than $1,900 from donors.
“My brother and I both have a genetic connect tissue disorder that caused a grouping of other disorders and because of that I have seen probably seen a dozen physicians at Riley Hospital for Children,” said President of Rock for Riley, Kaylee Tutrow. “I am even still seeing a physician at Riley while I am in medical school. But that experience really inspired me to continue to give back because I have seen the immense impact that physicians there really do make on patients.”
Rock for Riley consists of Tutrow and other IU medical students in Indianapolis, and their plan for this year is a free double feature of Grease and Dirty Dancing.
You do have to have a reservation, and the cars at the drive-in will have to be 20 feet apart. They’re encouraging people to stay in their cars, and if you have to get out make sure to put a mask on.
The event starts at 7 p.m. on Friday, and the group is taking donations.
