Sigma Pi rocks for leukemia
Published March 16, 2004
Stacy Siebert's son would have liked Saturday night's concert.
Corey Siebert, a freshman at University of Missouri-St. Louis who died Jan. 20 of leukemia, loved music and played guitar in a band, she said.
On Saturday night, Sigma Pi sponsored Rock for Leukemia ' a concert featuring the F*Bombs ' to raise money for Friends of Kids with Cancer in memory of Corey Siebert.
Sigma Pi decided to plan the event shortly after Siebert's funeral, freshman Nick Renfrow said. A few members were friends with him.
"Corey touched many people's lives," Stacy Siebert said. "As his mother, I knew he was special, but I am just amazed at how many lives he touched. Corey's uncle created a Web site in his honor and people leave messages on it talking about Corey. I'm not even sure who some of them are. It didn't matter who you were, he always was friendly and said hello."
Stacy Siebert said there have been a few fund-raisers in her son's name since his death. She said Citicorp raised $14,000 during February for Friends of Kids with Cancer. Friends of Kids with Cancer is an organization dedicated to helping children with cancer in the St. Louis area, according to its Web site.
Corey Siebert's former high school, Rockwood Summit High School, also held a few fund-raisers. Any money not donated to Friends of Kids with Cancer will be used to set up a scholarship fund for graduating seniors in Corey Siebert's name, Stacy Siebert said.
Sigma Pi will donate the money it raised Saturday night to Friends of Kids with Cancer, social chair Josh Marr said.
The fraternity raised about $500, freshman Shawn Brouwer said.
"We hoped to raise more than that, but it was just bad timing," he said. "If we do something like this again next year, we hope to get more involvement from the campus."
F*Bombs bassist and Sigma Pi pledge Britton Fields said he thought the audience had a good time.
"My personal favorite thing about the audience were these two random guys I didn't know who were just going absolutely crazy," he said. "It cracked me up, but it's always good to see that you're not just playing your music for no reason and people are enjoying it."
Stacy Siebert said all the support and donations from people who knew Corey Siebert is almost overwhelming.
"We will be forever grateful for the amount of support we have received," she said. "It's just incredible, we're so blessed. I'll never be able to thank everybody enough. Corey was an interesting character with a big heart."