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Rock for Austism - Spread the Word!
- Jul 6, 2009 at 12:34 PM
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Rock for Austism - Spread the Word!
Rock for Autism will be on warp all summer. come see us! We are in the take action area..... www.warpedtour.com check for dates...
(also looking to network with PTA fundraising mom's as well - please contact via e-mail at bottom of post - they do t shirt drives and donate 50% of profits back to the school. Thats like 5x more than everyone else. And his stuff looks cool!)
Sorry the pics are so big! lol; banner ads are kind of in the way - but if I don't use photobucket you can't really see them =(
The first show is launching in Orlando, FL July 24th.
Please spread the word! The concert tour may be coming to a city near you or someone you know!
Please vote this post popular so we can let as many people know as possible - you can help make this a success!
(I believe a website is in the works; when/if I get a link - I will update here)
If you have any questions you may contact the shows' organizer Chris Lilly @ clilly@comcast.net via The Underdog Agency.
Here's a short bio:
I'm Chris and I started the RFA project. I am an agent and sales guy in the action sports and music biz.
Years ago I interned and then worked at the agency that pretty much formulated the Warped Tour. The people that worked there and were on their roster have gone on to do some heavy stuff. (blink, less than jake , the toasters, etc) the list is pretty big. Point being, I learned from some gnarly agents and sales guys. In any case - my lil dude was diagnosed w/ Autism when he was about 2 and he still hasn't said a word now at 5 and a half. Being a rep and an agent I kind of make my own schedule so I haul lil dude around w/ me to see my accounts and hang w/ the bands when we can. We started to see how many people are affected by this and so we decided to create a voice in our industries to address these issues. Turns out one of the partners at Warp has an Autistic child. A guy who owns a big skate magazine has autism in his family, one of the lead sales guys at eastern skateboard distro has a board on REAL for his son. I own an agency. We all got together and started ROCK FOR AUTISM. Thru merchandise, shows and a lot of work we are raising awareness for this out of control demographic. I'm just like you. I play music, I contribute, I have an independent agency.
So we figure between all of us we can get at about anyone and thats why we are doing this. All of your support, comments and opinions are amazing.
Please help Chris (my uncle) spread the word and bring more attention to this issue.
We can all make a difference!
Comments:
If you have a link let me know and I'll post it on my myspace page, I have alot of friends on there who have kids and enjoy rock!!! E-mail me the link if ya have it, ok?
Also, if ya need some help in Florida let me know and I'll see what I can do.
coooooll
i have an autistic grandson and am interested in anything i can do to help this cause.
GOOD JOB!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the comments ladies! If anyone needs more info or would like to know how to get involved; please feel free to e-mail Chris at the address above.
I'm interested too. I checked out the warped tour site but didn't see anything about what you write here... oops, I see there might a link soon? That's Great! I'll check back.
I'm not sure if they have the participants listed on the warped tour site; they will have a booth in the Action Area (non-profit) section of the events. Here's another link:
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1129372&page=2
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