July 24, 2005
LA Area Residents – Benefit AWF by Attending a Free TV Show Taping –July 31st !
LA area residents have a unique opportunity to raise money for the African Well Fund. Through an arrangement with On Camera Audiences, the African Well Fund will receive a small donation for each registered attendee at a taping of the show Rockstar:INXS. The taping takes place on July 31st from 3:30 to 6:30 at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.
To register in support of AWF and to obtain further information please contact Elizabeth Beech at ebeech@africanwellfund.org or 714-525-4169.
Surrey Lane to Hold Benefit Concert for AWF on July 21st in Hoboken N.J.
The NYC based Irish pop-rock band Surrey Lane will hold a benefit concert for the African Well Fund on Thursday, July 21st at the Goldhawk in Hoboken, New Jersey. Admission will be $5 at the door and all proceeds from the evening will benefit AWF.
The show starts at 9:00p.m.. Surrey Lane will be joined by special guest Bill Fleischer. The evening will also include a special auction of sports memorabilia courtesy of Steiner Sports Marketing & Memorabilia, Inc. The auction features items from the NY Yankees, NY Mets, and the Boston Red Sox. An AWF representative will also be on hand with updates on our latest projects along with AWF merchandise for sale.
Pop-rock band, Surrey Lane, is a popular figure in the New York City music scene. The band released Some Days to national radio in late 2003 and it charted in the Top 100. In May 2004, the band began The Long Way Home Acoustic Tour taking the band to 26 states and over 250 performances. The band performed songs from their recent CD, The Long Way Home, and their self-titled Surrey Lane. The band shares AWF’s commitment to working for positive change in the world and is pleased to have an opportunity to assist with this commitment. The Hoboken concert is the first in a series of planned benefit shows. Future shows will be announced soon.
Yate Fairtrade Walk Update
Yate Fairtrade Team held a sponsored walk on May 30, 2005. The event was designed to highlight the burden shouldered by African women every day in their search to obtain a day’s supply of water for their households. Participants carried buckets of water as they walked from Yate to Horton, a distance of ten miles, the distance traveled by many African women in their quest.
The walk took 5 hours to complete and gave participants an understanding of the strain faced by so many African women and girls daily. Through sponsorships, the group raised a total of $821 USD which will be split between African Well Fund and Yate Fairtrade Team.
Yate Fairtrade Team began in 1998 when a group of young people decided to setup a Fairtrade stall in Yate Methodist Church to help poverty in third world countries. The resulting business was called YMC Traidcraft, which in turn became Yate Fairtrade Team in July, 2004. Yate Fairtrade Team works in conjunction with church, educational and city leaders to make Yate a Fairtrade town. Yate Fairtrade Team agrees that safe water should be readily available for all people in Africa. Please visit www.yft.org.uk for more information in Yate Fairtrade Team and fair trade issues.
If you are interested in holding your own “Mile in Her Shoes” walk, please contact us at info@africanwellfund.org.
