Roger Daltrey Teams Up With The Band Perry For Cancer Charity

The Who’s Roger Daltrey and country trio The Band Perry have announced a new partnership with Vanderbilt hospitals through Daltrey’s charity Teen Cancer America. The rock great recently revealed plans to help create a teen cancer wing at one of Vanderbilt’s hospitals, which will include specialized facilities and programs to cater to teens and young adults.More »

By on May 14, 2015

The Who’s Roger Daltrey and country trio The Band Perry have announced a new partnership with Vanderbilt hospitals through Daltrey’s charity Teen Cancer America. The rock great recently revealed plans to help create a teen cancer wing at one of Vanderbilt’s hospitals, which will include specialized facilities and programs to cater to teens and young adults. It is currently undecided whether the wing will be at Vanderbilt University Medical Center or Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. “They don’t ask for much,” Daltrey said of cancer-stricken teens and young adults. “It’s amazing that here we are in 2015 and no one had noticed until recently that this age group, they’re too old to be children and they’re too young to be adults. They are completely isolated in the hospital system.” The Band Perry were named spokespeople for Teen Cancer America. “It’s pretty great, what they do,” Reid Perry said of Teen Cancer America. “There are no visiting hours. It’s all the time. Friends can sleep over. I just think it’s a great thing because it’s that age when there are a lot of things going on in their heads emotionally and spiritually. I think trying to ease as much of that as possible is a necessary thing. I’m kind of shocked it hasn’t been done already.” Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «