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WAR CHILD CANADA ANNOUNCE BUSKING FOR CHANGE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, 2008
CANADIAN MUSICIANS TO BUSK ON THE STREETS OF TORONTO FOR WAR CHILD CANADA
For immediate release:
War Child Canada is excited to announce Busking For Change, a day of great music on the streets of Toronto, taking place on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008. Many of Canada’s celebrated musicians, including Our Lady Peace, James Black and Rick Jackett of Finger Eleven, Tomi Swick, Neverending White Lights, Dave Bidini, The Waking Eyes, and Brian Melo, will be scattered throughout the city busking for change in support of War Child Canada, an internationally recognized, award-winning charity that provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children in some of the most devastated regions of the world.
Busking For Change was inspired by Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, who spent twelve hours busking for War Child Canada on Toronto streets last October. While publicizing his solo album, The Hunter’s Lullaby and filming the music video for the album’s first single, Raine raised an astonishing $22,000 for War Child Canada’s School Rehabilitation and Revitalization project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Busking for Change will take place between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm on Thursday October 2nd with numerous artists performing on major street corners, in parks and in building atriums. A full list of participating musicians and locations will be released on October 1st, 2008. Students from across Canada will also busk for change at their schools and in their communities to support the cause.
War Child is an award-winning charity which provides opportunities and long term solutions for war-affected children, focusing on education, strengthening children's rights, reducing poverty and fostering self reliance. War Child works in partnership with local people and organizations to build sustainable programming that empowers children and their communities. War Child Canada currently provides support to communities in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan (including Darfur and southern Sudan), Uganda, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sri Lanka and Georgia. Working closely with the music industry, War Child provides awareness, support and action for children’s rights everywhere.
www.warchild.ca
Special thanks to the City of Toronto.