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Bands rock out, raise money for people with disabilities

Posted by coomes on August 7th, 2012 at 4:12 pm

Munster Commmunity.com—Joel Ratajack turned his passion for rock ’n’ roll and his friendship with neighbor Eric Neiner into a music fest Saturday to benefit adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Rockopelli, an all-ages concert produced by Ratajack, 19, of Munster, featured six local bands and a belly dancing troupe performing at St. Thomas More School gym.

The event benefited Planting Possibilities, a nonprofit organization planning a multiphased project to provide employment, job skills training and volunteer opportunities for adults with disabilities. The project will start with a plot of land, said Mary Anne Neiner, Eric’s mother.

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