Skin Cancer in Young People on Van's Warped Tour

FM World Charities is a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting public health and improving the quality of life in underserved communities throughout the world. FM's goal is to raise awareness through music, media, and medicine.We have teamed up with the Vans Warped Tour to raise awareness about the issue of skincancer. Our medical staff will be providing a free, basic, skin cancer screening to all interested concert attendees.We will be using cutting-edge imaging equipment by Astron Clinica that will be monitored off premise by physicians. Paige Wood, artist and melanoma survivor, will be touring with us andlending a hand with our initiative. Bags will be handed out with information and free gifts.

The Vans Warped Tour is the nation's longest running concert festival touring series. They soldover one million tickets last year. The age demographic they serve is mainly 16-25 years old. Thisgroup is important to reach because they are at increasingly greater risk. According to Eric Gast, CEO of FM World Charties, "We at FM World Charities feel that part of providing adequate health care is to help screen for common illnesses before they become life threatening. Survival rate for patients with early detection of skin cancer is about 99%. The Warped Tour not only gives us an increase in the number of individuals being screened for these conditions, but given the age demographic of this country wide tour, introduces the idea of preventative health care to a young audience." "Our hope is to increase awareness and provide rudimentary screenings primarily to their given age demographic. As you know, people of this age are seldom concerned with health issues, especially those they can't see. This is the first year we are doing this initiative and it is somewhat revolutionary for a charity to be administering an initiative across a tour of this magnitude."

With over eighteen years in the music business, Eric Gast is a respected and versatile producer, mixer, and engineer. He has amassed impressive credits in genres as diverse as rock, hip-hop, jazz, gospel, and world music.Early in his career he built his reputation working with everyone from Will Smith and Britney Spears to Billy Ocean, Kid Rock, and A Tribe Called Quest. He went freelance in 2000 to explore musical avenues such as jazz, gospel, and various international recordings. In keeping with these he worked with artists such as James Moody, Jonathan Butler, Charlie Parker Tribute Album , John P. Kee, and Cissy Houston. After working with extensive film and record projects in Eastern Europe, Eric opened label/media companies in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania. From the onset of these entities, he built charity into his business plan because he always wanted to give back to the communities in which he worked. As time progressed, Eric decided to enlist the medical community to expand his charitable vision and then started FM World Charities