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This past Easter weekend, my wife and I got a bit of a surprise. Friday I got a call from Eugene “Fluffy” Danbury from the Bonafide Cincinnati Chive group. He’d asked if Chive on Chicago was doing anything this weekend and being a holiday, we weren’t. He had to come in for business and wanted to hang out and crash at our place. Not a problem at all!
He got in Saturday afternoon and we told me he came with some ulterior motives, ones I could definitely get behind. Eugene, my wife Liz and a recent Wisco Chiver Dan and I went and had dinner at a specific restaurant. One of our own Chivettes has been having a hard go of things as of late and Eugene wanted to surprise her with a card and a hug. She did a double take at just how much of a baby face Eugene has now that he shaved his beard. The card, good company, and crazy topics definitely lifted her spirits!
The next morning, the 3 of us went downtown for Easter brunch at Hub 51. All you can eat gourmet brunch? Yes please and thank you! Afterward, we hit the local grocery market to buy $70 bucks worth of food. Eugene wanted to do something nice for those in need on Easter. We created 11 homeless bags filled with food and toiletries to hand out to the homeless. We drove to known spots where Chicago’s homeless can be found, all the while Eugene explained on camera why he wanted to do this. As you can see, this is something he was passionate about!
Many know that Eugene was recently diagnosed with Stage 1 cancer. Luckily it was caught super early, but it’s still scary to have to go through. His treatments have already resulted in hair loss, so he went ahead and shaved his head and beard to get that initial shock out. Chivers from across Chive Nation started the #raks4fluffy campaign do perform the same acts of kindness Eugene is always doing. It has meant so much to him to see all the good that’s come of this and he wanted to make sure he didn’t let any illness stop him from giving back. My wife and I are lucky to say, we got to #RAKwithFluffy and I thank him on behalf of our chapter and our Chicago community as a whole for making folks day a little 10% better.
*Editors Note:
On May 5th at Bar Louie in Miamisburg, Ohio show this flyer (print or screenshot) for 20% of your bill to go to benefit Eugene. Check out the Facebook Event for more info.
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