RSSSolid State News

Posted Tuesday, January 10, 2006 by Casey

Underoath, mewithoutYou, The Chariot and As Cities Burn Joined Together for the "Come & Live" Four City Mini-Tour Raising Over $80,000

View Artist Page

Underoath, mewithoutYou, The Chariot, and As Cities Burn recently completed
the inaugural "Come & Live" mini-tour to benefit five charities hand-picked
by each artist. The sold-out four-city tour raised over $80,000 which will
be donated to: Habitat For Humanity, Invisible Children, Teen Challenge,
Samaritans Purse and New Jerusalem Ministries. In addition, the bands came
together on December 14th in Birmingham, AL to help build two homes for
local families in need through Habitat For Humanity.



To volunteer your time or to donate, log onto: Habitat For
Humanity
,
Invisible Children
, Teen Challenge, Samaritan's Purse, and New Jerusalem Ministries.



Habitat for Humanity--Greater Birmingham is a nonprofit, ecumenical
Christian ministry dedicated to making quality, affordable houses available
to low-income families. To date, more than 205 houses have been completed in
the Greater Birmingham area in partnership with families who purchase homes
at cost and with no interest. Habitat Birmingham is recognized as a top 25
Habitat affiliate (out of 1,700) in the United States.



Invisible Children is a non-profit organization that funds shelters and schools and raises international awareness for children in war-torn Uganda. Invisible Children aims to help the children of Uganda, many of whom are kidnapped from their parents and forced to serve in rebel armies currently in conflict with the government of the country.



Teen Challenge is a free of charge live in drug rehabilitation center.
Consisting of Bible studies, work programs, dormitory life and one on one
advising for its students. Our program was designed to instill Christian
principles such as responsibility, discipline and honesty in the lives of
individuals and establish new goals in their lives. We are also one of the
most successful treatment programs with a cure rate of 86 percent based on
an independent study.



Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization
providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.
Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are
victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ.



New Jerusalem Ministries: Click on the above link for more information.


Search the News

MoreFeatured Releases