Noise For The Needy does good

I just received a press release that gave the fundraising totals for the 2007 Noise For The Needy. Here's the blurb:

Annual music festival Noise for the Needy (NFTN) raised nearly $24,000 in operating support for local Seattle organization Rise n’ Shine. Rise n’ Shine provides emotional support programs, stability, advocacy, and AIDS education for children and teens affected by HIV and AIDS.

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The NFTN festival ran from June 5 to 10, 2007 at Neumos, The Tractor Tavern, Chop Suey, The Comet Tavern, Nectar Lounge, Sunset Tavern, The Funhouse and The Baltic Room. Lineups included such bands as Okkervil River, Sera Cahoone, CSS, The Handsome Family, Common Market, The Cops, Head like a Kite, Tall Birds, Das Llamas, Grayskul, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, The Lights, Thee Emergency, Key Note Speaker, and more.

Congratulations on your good work, NFTN. Any of you who missed your chance to support them back in June can now do so at the KEXP Barbeque on August 18, as they've been added as a featured nonprofit.

Noise For The Needy

Noise For The Needy has released their full schedule for 2007. The events are going on the week of June 5 and go through the 10th (that's next week). It's a pretty lengthy list of bands and shows, and you should support them all, because it's a good cause.

This year the beneficiary of the shows is an organization called Ris n' Shine. Here's some info from the official press release about them:

Rise n’ Shine is an organization that provides emotional support programs, advocacy, and mentoring for children and teens affected by HIV and AIDS. In 1988, Rise n’ Shine began their program with 5 children, and this figure has now grown to 182. Rise n’ Shine offers many programs including AIDS education, a summer camp, youth leadership programs, and year around mentoring.

“Music is a vital part of the Seattle community and we have an incredible lineup
of musicians this year to support Rise n’ Shine” says Noise for the Needy
cofounder Rich Green. “Rise n’ Shine was chosen because of their great need for
funding and the many amazing things they do to help their kids. We are excited to
be the vehicle to help them gain much needed funds and publicity.”

“We are excited to have been selected” says Rise n’ Shine’s Founding Director
Janet Trinkaus. She hopes the festival will “raise awareness of the needs of
overlooked children in our local communities affected by AIDS; to know of the
volunteer opportunities available to work with these children; and that
individually, they can positively impact the life of a child by volunteering.”

Noise For The Needy schedule annouced

The folks at Noise For the Needy annouced their schedule recently. You can head to their site to see the full schedule that includes Shorthand For Epic, Shim, Dept of Energy, Patient Patient, The Cops and a heck of a lot more over the course of five days.

Or you can stare at this banner for a little while: