Give a Beat Hosts Bar and Giant Jenga at Movement Detroit
Give a Beat raised money for youth programs at Movement Festival through the “I Give a Beat” bar and artist Giant Jenga matches
By Julia Bistriceanu, Give a Beat Social Media Team
Give a Beat is blown away by the time we had at Movement Music Festival in Detroit this year. We were honored to partner with the festival and Paxahau again and host a bar to raise funds for our programs. Tips and a part of the sales from the “I Give a Beat” bar directly benefit Give a Beat and Girls Rock Detroit youth music programs! Our “I Give a Beat” bar was located in the Made in Detroit stage area where we could hear music from local DJs playing all weekend long.
Along with our bar, part of our initiative was bringing back Give a Beat Jenga! Artists competed against each other all weekend to raise awareness for our organization. Fans were encouraged to “sponsor” a team and support our programs. Huge thanks to all the artists that participated in the games: Soul Clap, Golf Clap, Francesca Lombardo, DJ Stacey HOTWAXX Hale, DJ Minx, Marissa Guzman, Mike Clark, Dax Lee, Atnarko, Gene Farris, Jason Hodges, Chuck Daniels of Sampled Recordings Detroit, Twin Cousin, John Johr, Unicorn Fukr, Fred Everything, FINLEY, SuperDre, Dru Ruiz, The Saunderson Brothers, Emanate, DJ LYNDA CARTER, Nešto, Wally Callerio, Walker & Royce, and Will Clarke of Dirtybird. We raised over $10,000 from the bar and the Give a Beat Jenga sponsorships!
We could not have done this without the help of our amazing volunteers! This group of volunteers were absolutely friendly, engaging, passionate, and hard-working. It was amazing being surrounded by so many people who “give a beat” all weekend long!
Volunteer, Courtney Spivak, shares her experience. So happy to have her on board!
“I had a blast working at the Give a Beat/Girls Rock Detroit Giant Jenga tent at Movement. This was my first time working with Give a Beat as a volunteer and I was excited to help such a good cause! It was nice to have a chance to engage people one on one and tell them about all the great things Give a Beat and Girls Rock Detroit are giving back to the community through music and youth engagement.
Everybody put so much enthusiasm into helping and promoting the event, it was great to see everyone having fun and helping a great cause! Not only did the crowd enjoy watching the game, some of them even donated a bit more so that they could join in! Many of the DJs went the extra mile, using ticket giveaways to draw interest and even wearing team "uniforms"!
Overall it was a terrific experience and I'm so happy that I could help such a great organization and have a wonderful time doing it! It's nice to see how much the Metro Detroit area cares about youth and are willing to help!”
We’d also like to send our gratitude to our promotional partners. We could not have done this without you! Thank you DJ Times, Fusicology, Breathe in Detroit, Vizual Records, DAY LIFE (Detroit), and Boomagram!
We’re truly inspired by all the love we received during Movement and can’t wait to do it again next year!