Hi everyone, I just wanted to share this Music For Relief fund
overview, Maybe someone will be interested in helping out this cause.
About Music for Relief: Founded by members of the band Linkin Park,
Music For Relief is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to
providing aid to victims of natural disasters and the prevention of such
disasters. Since its inception in 2005, Music for Relief has raised
over $2 million for the victims of the tsunami tragedy in Southeast Asia
and hurricanes Katrina and Rita. MFR has organized a benefit concert
featuring multi-platinum artists & numerous celebrity guests, sent
musicians and volunteers to Southeast Asia and the U.S. Gulf Coast to
help rebuild and donate supplies to people in need, and planted over
355,000 trees to help reduce global warming.
www.musicforrelief.org <a href="
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THE CURRENT FOCUS OF MFR:
1. Help victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita rebuild
their lives by funding and building homes in the U.S. Gulf Coast with
Habitat for Humanity
2. Help weaken and prevent future natural disasters by
raising awareness about climate change and by planting trees with
American Forests to help reduce global warming. 3.
Raising funds and awareness for the survivors of Cyclone Sidr in
Bangladesh which struck on Nov 15th 2007, affecting 8.6 million people.
You can purchase merchandise that will help benefit MFR:
http://bandmerch.seenon.com/index.php?v=musicforrelief&SESSID=722621b3b735d99689e5b0f030eb0264 In addition you can donate to the MFR in the following ways:
http://www.musicforrelief.org/donate Or by mail to:
Music For Relief
c/o GSO, 15260 Ventura Blvd.
Suite #2100,
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.
Please make checks payable to Music For Relief.
Also you can use a new search engine to help Music For Relief:
Use Goodsearch.com as your new search engine! Goodsearch.com makes a
donation every time you do a search on the website, donating 50% of
advertising revenue to the nonprofits and schools selected by users.
Select Music For Relief as the charity you would like the proceeds to go
to.
Here's how:
1. Go to
www.goodsearch.com 2. Type MUSIC FOR RELIEF in the field where it says "who do you
goodsearch for"
3. Use
goodsearch.com just like you would any other search engine!
It's powered by Yahoo! search engine, so you'll get all the same
results, but with the added bonus of giving to Music For Relief.
4. Make Goodsearch.com your default home page so you don't forget to use
it!
**Important: Music for Relief is a tax exempt, non-profit
organization. In the United States, all donations made to Music for
Relief are tax deductible**