Concert Quench

(I am going to send this out to everyone as an email. What do you think? Will this help get the word out?)

So often we feel that we should do something to help in the fight against poverty, but just as often we simply don’t know what to do to help. Well, I have something that will actually have a real effect in the fight against poverty and it will do so in a fun and entertaining way that will benefit all those involved. It’s a win-win situation! (Don’t worry; I’m not just hitting you up for money.)

Over the past year, I have become involved with a Not-For-Profit called Care for Cambodia (Check us out at: http://www.careforcambodia.org ). My sister-in-law met the parents of the founder of this organization last summer. And through those connections I was able to meet up with the founder and offer my support. Care for Cambodia digs sanitary well systems for villages throughout rural Cambodia to provide clean water to the people of those villages. Once built, the villagers have a stake in maintaining and operating the wells too. We have already built wells for some villages and have given a healthier lifestyle to hundreds, but there is still a ton of work to be done. And now that the first few wells are in the ground and our contacts are in place in Cambodia, all we need to do is to raise more funds to dig more and more wells. Every thousand dollars we raise is enough to put in a new well.

To that end, I would simply like to announce our latest fundraising event. On Wednesday, April 23rd, “Concert Quench” featuring Ben Folds will take place at the Great Saltair with all proceeds going directly to Care for Cambodia. Of course, we will have to pay for the band and venue, which we are attempting to take care of through corporate sponsors, but a complete sell out would do wonders, not only for the people of Cambodia, but also in offering up a wailing good time. I love to go to concerts, and I can honestly say that Saltair is one of my favorite venues. Ben Folds won’t stir up the best mosh pits, but I’m betting the crowd will be filled with hotties absentmindedly swooning to their rock ballads. And for you ladies, I’m sure their will be plenty of those zoobiesque, tight shirted, boy-band types with product in their hair for you to flirt with.

Everyone loves a party, so come out and rock out! And, if by chance you don’t like parties, or concerts, or simply can’t make it, do me a favor and help get some word-of-mouth advertising out there by telling a friend.