Late last night around midnight, we launched our IndieGoGo campaign to help fund our next two shows. We're running short on payments for the next two shows we're hoping to plan after donating most of what we had to programs to help the homeless and hungry.
While all of our shows are special to us, the next two shows hits close to home. Our hometown of McLean, Virginia is hoping to make 250,000 meal bags this November for Stop Hunger Now. These 250,000 meal bags would make 1.5 million meals for people worldwide, but in order to make this happen our hometown needs $62,500. We're trying to plan two benefit shows to help make this happen.
One of them will be on October 6th at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington, DC. The second show is still being planned, but we'll be releasing more details as they come in.
We need $730 to pay for the venues and for someone to run the PA system. Then, we’re all for being fair, so each of the touring bands from the second show would be paid $500. (Bands at the first show will get a cut at the door rather than payment upfront, unless we raise enough money to be able to pay them upfront.) We’re expecting bands from Chicago, New York City, and North Carolina to come to the Washington, D.C. area for the show, so they need to pay for gas and food. If we book a band within 50 miles of DC, they’ll only get $50 for gas and food and the leftover money would go towards Stop Hunger Now. Then, we need $75 so there will be food and drinks at the show for sale to help earn some extra money for Indie Bands with a Mission. The extra $195 in our funding goal is to help pay for the fees from both IndieGoGo and PayPal.
What happens if we raise more than the $3,000? Each touring band will be paid $500. The venue will be paid $730 for the shows and we’ll buy $75 worth of drinks and food for the concert attendees. We’ll also pay the fees. Then, 100% of the ticket proceeds will go towards the event. (If the McLean community raises their $62,500 goal, then we’ll be giving those proceeds to the international organization Stop Hunger Now.) Then, 100% of the profits from the food and drink sales at the show go to Indie Bands with a Mission. The proceeds from this campaign will be evenly split between Stop Hunger Now and Indie Bands with a Mission. (We’ll be using these profits to help file for 501(c)(3) status, put on more events, and publish our upcoming cookbook.)
If you can, please donate! Even a dollar helps us get closer to paying everyone. We understand that not everyone can contribute money, so please share this fundraiser with your family and friends and see if they can donate something. If you’re in the DC area, come out and help us distribute flyers about the show and Stop Hunger Now event.
