UPDATE:
SWITCHFOOT’S JON FOREMAN
JOINS NASHVILLE’S ‘HELP HAITI
LIVE’
ON FEBRUARY 27TH
Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas,
Big Kenny and More to Perform Live in Nashville
to Raise
Funds for Compassion International’s
Continued Relief Efforts
NASHVILLE, TN…2/24/10…Switchfoot’s
Jon Foreman has announced he will join the all-star cast of musicians gathering
for “Help Haiti Live,” in Nashville on February 27th, 2010 to benefit
Compassion International’s Haiti disaster relief
fund. The concert is sponsored by Gaylord Entertainment Company and will be
streamed live at HelpHaitiLive.com.
With extraordinary need still existing in the devastated
country, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Big Kenny,
Mat Kearney, Jars of Clay, Jon Foreman, Brandon Heath, NEEDTOBREATHE, Dave
Barnes, and Matt Wertz will participate in a concert at Nashville’s famed and
Gaylord-owned Ryman Auditorium. Produced to inspire live concert and on-line
audiences to financially support the relief work of Compassion International in
Haiti, all talent and production fees have been donated, along with streaming
services (Livestream.com), allowing proceeds to go toward Compassion's disaster
relief fund (more details below). Gibson Guitars has donated a guitar to
be signed by the evening’s performers and auctioned off, with bids starting
today at HelpHaitiLive.com/auction. For artist and venue information please click here.
Tickets range in price from $25-75 and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com
and all Ticketmaster locations, as well as through The Ryman box office:
800-745-3000 or ryman.com.
Event details include:
Nashville/Ryman Auditorium, 7:30pm cst:
Host: Big Kenny (plus performance)
Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry
Douglas
Jars of
Clay
Mat Kearney
Jon
Foreman
Brandon
Heath
Dave Barnes
NEEDTOBREATHE
All net proceeds from HelpHaitiLive.com will go to
Compassion International’s Haiti disaster relief
fund. All money raised in response to the Haiti earthquake will be used
immediately to re-equip Compassion's local support structure and to provide for
the immediate needs of Compassion-assisted children and families.
Compassion has been meeting the physical and spiritual needs
of Haitians for more than forty years and will continue to serve them in this
time of extreme need. Already Compassion International has supplied more than
15,000 families with clean water, food, blankets, temporary shelter, medical
supplies and counseling. Donations will lay bricks, feed, educate,
clothe, heal and rebuild Haiti
for many months to come.
Compassion International is the world's largest
Christian child development organization that permanently releases children
from poverty. Founded in 1952, Compassion successfully tackles global poverty
one child at a time, serving more than 1 million children in 26 of the world's
poorest countries. Recognizing that poverty is more than a lack of money,
Compassion works holistically through local churches to address the individual
physical, economic, educational and spiritual needs of children, enabling them
to thrive, not just survive. Charity Navigator, America's largest charity evaluator,
has awarded Compassion its highest rating “four stars” for eight consecutive
years.
“Help Haiti Live” is owned by Compassion International and
will be produced by Shaun Groves and Synergy
Production Group. Synergy Production Group creates and produces live events
that connect audiences with brands or causes. Offering turn-key event solutions,
strategic content development, creative design, audio, video and lighting
production, talent procurement and complete program management, Synergy
Production Group is based in Franklin,
TN (www.synergyprg.com).
Gaylord Entertainment Company has taken an active and
immediate role in supporting earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti. In
addition to its involvement in the Help Haiti Live concert event, Gaylord is providing
direct aid to family members of employees who live in Haiti through
its STAR Assistance Program. The company also provided financial support to the
American Red Cross’s relief efforts and is currently working with Harvest Time
International in Florida
as well as the Salvation Army to transport thousands of pounds of food,
clothing, and household goods donated by its STARS (employees) to the
hardest-hit areas of the island nation.
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