A Long Island native is using the power of music to help those who’ve lost everything in the California wildfires.
Mike Fishkin saw the destruction of the Palisades Wildfire in Los Angeles a little too close to home.
"The first day, I opened my blind and smoke was basically over the hill by my apartment,” he said.
Amityville Music Hall benefit concert
The New Hyde Park native moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and works in the radio industry. He came back to the island to get away from the bad air quality.
Now, he’s organizing a benefit concert at the Amityville Music Hall on Sunday, Jan. 26 for those who've lost everything.
"It's going to make a big impact in Los Angeles so I'm very excited,” said Fishkin. "Tickets are only $30 and that $30 is going to make a very big impact to help out not only the music community in Los Angeles, but the overall community."
Money raised from Sunday's concert will go to Project Hope. The health organization responds to emergencies and crises worldwide.
Project Hope Emergency Preparedness & Response Deputy director Chessa Latifi says she’s sending more crews out Wednesday evening to respond to another wildfire that started as thousands of others pick up the pieces.
"These areas that are quite urban were just all of a sudden gone in the blink of an eye,” she said.
This weekend’s benefit concert will help Project Hope provide necessary health resources, like mobilizing health units.
“We're also providing air purifiers, filters, and hygiene kits. We're putting together these personal protective equipment kits right now,” said Latifi.
Coming out to the benefit concert also raises funds for Project Hope to put a smile on a child’s face, too.
"They're my favorite thing to do because it's so easy to bring a smile to a child's face when you're really just giving them a small bag with toys,” she said.
The concert starts at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
There will be acoustic performances by The Dangerous Summer, Young Rising Sons, Garret Elias, Duunes and many others.