GiveLIVE Concert Raises $200,000+ For Bonfils Blood Center

DENVER (CBS4)- The GiveLIVE Concert on Saturday raised more than $200,000 for the Bonfils Blood Center.

Singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson performed at the Paramount Theater in Denver on Saturday. Nathanson and singer Keaton Simons performed acoustically.

Matt Nathanson at the GiveLIVE Concert at the Paramount in May 2016 (credit: Bonfils Blood Center)

Nathanson said he was proud of the concert for a cause like blood donation because he has a personal connection to the cause.

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"I give blood at home. My wife gives blood. And then her sister had sort of a mystery illness that they sort of figured out and for a long time needed transfusions and stuff," he explained.

Matt Nathanson (credit: Bonfils Blood Center)