Thursday, August 30, 2007

Positivity for Purpose - Co-Op Bar - September 1, 2007

From the some cheese is good for you department... The hopefuls over at Positivity for Purpose wrote in to tell us about some great events...

Hello Elevated Peoples!!!

What started out as a little ole idea has snowballed into something
way more amazing!!!

The artists line up is from all over the South:

Get connected! www.myspace.com/positivity4purpose Set your
calendars for There IS H.O.P.E. in Hip Hop, Saturday, September 1st
The All Day Free highlighting 20 less fortunate individuals.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

10 am - 2 pm Helping Hands of Hope - River City Youth Foundation -
Dove Springs unites with P4P and many, many hip hop artists and their
families in preparing the 20 care packages being distributed later
that day at the Co-Op Bar for the less fortunate.

6 pm - 8 pm Live music by New Culture Sounds-NCS (Austin, TX) and A
Girl Named Phil (Killeen, TX) during the feeding fiesta with guest
host Pilarsito .

9 pm - 11 pm Live performances by The Catracho Clan (Houston, TX), VIP
(Austin, TX), Tactic (Austin, TX), Kam Kutta (Atlanta, GA) and
Austin's new local artists from Straight Up Records DJ Knowledge will
be on the 1's and 2's in the back while DJ 2DQ will be in the
front!!! Special guests include X-Clusive Clothing DJs (Atlanta, GA)


12 Midnight - 2 am Celebration Party - promotional stunt at The Bayou
Lounge with every DJ at their disposal this party is no-holds-barred
as every invited artist gets to present their promotional swag to this
venue's 300+ patrons! 21+ to get in.

Drop Stations Info
(email positivity4purpose@gmail.com for detailed info)

We got two drop stations and three more to add! Big THANK YOU to
Cindy out at Common Grounds in Round Rock for serving as our North
Austin Donation Drop Station and Jacob down at The Co-Op on 6th Street
for serving as our Central Austin Donation Drop Station!

On Friday, August 31st @ 8 pm Common Grounds will be hosting a Funk/
Gospel/Hip Hop musical showcase with Still Water Entertainment. Check
them out: www.myspace.com/praiseismypurpose . Musicians Against
Poverty unites with P4P to bring HOPE one heart at a time. Go to your
local Wal-Mart, General Dollar or Family Dollar stores and pick up an
unopened package of Women's or Men's T-shirts, Underwear or Socks and
drop them off at either Common Grounds or with Jacob on a Friday/
Saturday @ The Co-Op on 6th.

If your company is interested in becoming a Donation Drop Station for
There IS H.O.P.E. in Hip Hop - please email P4P at
positivity4purpose@gmail.com or call/text 512-786-2627. Get
connected!

RCYF Hosts Care Packages Preparation Party!

Big things poppin with little ones lending a helping hand at the River
City Youth Foundation's Dove Springs center on Saturday, September 1st
@ 10am - 2 pm! Bring your family and get connected with P4P as we
show our city's youth how to reach out to their community. Austin
artists will be on hand to help the kiddos prepare the 20 care
packages needed for the 20 clients Austin's Hip Hop Community is
giving hope to. Its a family affair!

Big shout out to Sue Cole, Program Coordinator @ RCYF for lending the
helping hands of close to 40 kiddos in effort to combat poverty in our
city. P4P loves both Sue and Executive Director, Mona Gonzales for
allowing us to work with the youth at the center in order to make a
difference one heart at a time.

Preparation tables and assembly lines will have the "Santa's Little
Helpers" type set up. Artists interested in convoying over to the
center can call/text 512-786-2627 for more details. This is one party
you don't want to miss. Get your whistle on while you work with the
little ones!

Be sure to send this email out to your church, work and family
friends! We want everyone to have the chance to get involved!

All ATX Hip Hop artists are encouraged to contact P4P to volunteer
during client serving times and show support to H.O.P.E . Helping Our
People Elevate: Call or Text 512-786-2627 or email P4P at
positivity4purpose@gmail.com for more details.

ATX Stand UP!!!

P4P has been busy! Below is the info sent out across our city on what
P4P has been busy doing this summer with our city's youth! Big shout
out to our friend, Carl Webb, for spreading the news! Feel free to
forward this email to ALL your church, job and family contacts! This
is one community outreach event you don't want to miss! There truly
IS hope in hip hop!

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