GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — On Sunday hundreds of people flocked to the Epic Event Center in Ashwaubenon to help a local man in his battle with cancer.
Randy Bowles is a musician turned talent agent whose currently fighting for his life.
He also manages Bananas Entertainment, an agency representing live bands across Northeast Wisconsin.
Friends and family put together an hours-long concert benefit, called “Randango,” to help Bowles and his family with medical expenses.
"It costs a lot of money to get his cancer treated. It’s getting a lot better but we still need to pay for his hospital bills,” said Braeden Harrison.
The 11-year-old is a friend of Bowles. His father is his business partner and one of the organizers of this benefit.
"I can't even believe how many people have taken the time to put their time and money to help him. That just warms my heart,” Harrison said.
And you don't even have to know Bowles personally to know just how much of an impact he has on our community.
So many people showed up with so much love and support.
"It’s crazy. Complete strangers, band members. A lot of people think he's kind of a celebrity in the area,” Harrison said.
Eric Snyder is a bass player part of “The Cougars.”
He's known Bowles for about 30 years and says he's honored to perform to help Bowles.
“I think he'll be touched and I think he's the type of guy that would never expect this and he would never ask for this but I think he's too humble to understand how many people that he's touched and how many people he want to help him and how many people want to help him get better. We're not doctors but so we're doing what we can in our little piece to help Randy and his family hopefully get through this and see him on the other side,” Snyder said.
Others that know him also describe Bowles as a humble man and as someone who would not even ask for something like this.
"I think it's really going to touch him just to see. We keep telling him how amazing everybody's been. But for him to see the support out there and everyone praying that he gets back at it. I think he's going to be touched by it and nobody deserves it more,” said Ryan Vander Sanden, Epic Event Center Entertainment Manager.
In the meantime, loved ones and strangers continue to lift him up in prayers and hope he stays strong in his fight.
"We love you buddy. Get better. Next year we'll be out on the golf course drinking beers looking back. We won't laugh at it but looking back on it,” Snyder said.
If you weren't able to make it to the event and still want to support Bowles in his fight, click here to be redirected to his Go Fund Me page.
