Charity Work
Berry is involved in charitable causes including fighting children's diseases, The American Red Cross and Cystic Fibrosis, as well as lending his name to adult literacy causes and Haven Hospice. He performed a benefit concert for a young kidney transplant recipient on October 16, 2008. He will perform his third charity fundraiser for the New Montcalm County 4-H Fair at Greenville High School, in Greenville, Michigan in December 2010. He gave a free concert at the Greene County Relay for Life on June 18, 2010. He performs yearly, in Florida at the annual Newberry Watermelon Festival which benefits the American Legion.
Berry has at least two Charity performances scheduled for his popular Christmas tour. A show benefiting "Challenged Child and Friends" is scheduled for November 26 at the Pearce Auditorium in Gainesville, Georgia. Another "John Berry Christmas Concert" for charity is scheduled for November 27 in Toccoa, Georgia.
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