Music Marathon to support Project Children!
Starting at Noon on Saturday, May 17th, DJ Conall McGinnis will be on the air and in Second Life continuously for at least 24 hours ..... as long as he can stay awake and the donations keep flowing! All donations benefit Project Children (ProjectChildren.org), a charity that reaches out to the children of Northern Ireland.
Please consider sponsoring Conall by pledging an amount per hour. Below are recommended pledge levels, although donations of any amount are warmly welcomed.
Angel Donor - 1,000L per hour
Platinum - 500L per hour
Gold - 100L per hour
Sliver - 50L per hour
Bronze - 10L per hour
To pledge, please IM Ibrew Meads.
When: Noon, Saturday, May 17th, until ?
Where: Nancy Blake's Pub in the West of Ireland
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/147/233/22
About Project Children:
Project Children brings Irish Protestant and Catholic kids to the USA during the summer months and these kids get an extraordinary chance to play together, live together, and understand each other. Prejudice is replaced by understanding thus hatred is replaced with love. Poverty is replaced by hope for a better tomorrow.
The plan has worked very well. For example, one of the Catholic boys became great friends with one of the Protestants. Years later, when the Catholic boy got married, the Protestant boy was at his side as his best man. Then the Protestant boy got married, and the Catholic boy was at his side, returning the favor. There are many stories like this from Project Children kids.
Project Children Continues to Grow
Project Children has grown a lot from the initial six kids in 1975 and the $1600 budget it took to bring them over. Now, each year, Project Children brings over more than 600 kids and places them with host families in more than twenty states. The budget is close to a million dollars. None of it goes to salaries. It is accomplished through unpaid volunteers, host families, and area coordinators.
Once of the largest expenses is airfare. This is why groups like the South Texas Celtic Music Association and many others do fund raising for Project Children airfare expenses. Groups in over 20 states help with fund raising for these expenses. All are unpaid volunteers.