FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GoGirls Music Fest
Hits Dallas November 20th
Proceeds to benefit Maternity Homes
Donations Accepted for The Wesley Inn Program of Promise House
What: Go Girls Music Fest – Dallas
When : Friday November 20 7:30-11:00pm
Where: Opening Bell Coffee 1409 South Lamar, Basement #012 Dallas, TX 75215 214.565.0383
Who: Cary Cooper, Merry and the Mood Swings, Chelsea Madrigal and Jackie Doss.
Admission: $10.00
DALLAS, TX - GoGirlsMusicFest celebrates its 10th anniversary tour this year, and
GoGirlsMusic.com founder Madalyn Sklar and her team have selected a new beneficiary of the event's proceeds - the nation's maternity homes including The Wesley Inn Program of Promise House in Dallas, TX.
The Dallas Event will be held on November 20 from 7:30-11:00 pm at Opening Bell Coffee (1409 South Lamar, Basement #012, Dallas) and will benefit The Wesley Inn Program of Promise House, a maternity home that guides 14- through 20-year-old homeless pregnant and parenting teen mothers to become healthy, independent and nurturing parents.
Music for the Dallas event will be provided by Cary Cooper, Merry and the Mood Swings, Chelsea Madrigal and Jackie Doss. Donations will be accepted and a silent auction will be held with items donated from a variety of local businesses and sponsors.
Admission is $10.00.
Following the launch, Sklar and her GoGirls Elite members will bring the best of independent women's music today to cities across the country, and work to educate their fans on the maternity homes that offer assistance to women in need at the most critical times in their lives. This year's GoGirlsMusicFest will reach San Francisco, CA; Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; Long Beach, CA; New York, NY; San Diego, CA; Santa Clarita, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Venice, CA and Washington DC.
Sklar and the staff of
GoGirlsMusic.com carefully review different charities and causes as the planning for GoGirlsMusicFest gets underway. One cause is then selected that will benefit from event proceeds. "With everything that has shaken our economic stability this year," said Sklar, "we felt it was critical to offer our collective voices to those organizations that assist pregnant women with professional help, loving support, housing, and education during their pregnancies. More and more people are forgoing medical care during this tough economy; expectant mothers should not have to struggle to have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies."
"Everyone here at GoGirls is excited to be working to increase awareness of maternity homes throughout the country," says Sklar. "Maternity homes have played such a key role in the lives of so many people, yet there are fewer and fewer of them every year, and the ones that survive often have very long waiting lists. Leveraging the GoGirlsMusicFest to help spread the word about important issues and causes is something I'm proud that we're able to do. We're thrilled to reach out to these organizations, and work with them and their clients as we hold our events around the country."
National GoGirlsMusicFest Coordinator, Evonne Rivera adds, "Most of these homes are run independently, without the help of a national organization. It fits perfectly with our independent artists helping independent charities."
About GoGirlsMusicFest
Madalyn Sklar, founder of
GoGirlsMusic.com, created GoGirlsMusicFest, a series of annual showcase events across the United States. The festival promotes independent women in music while supporting various charities which have included MusiCares, Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, American Liver Foundation, The Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research, UNOS and more. Since 2000, well over 100 all volunteer run shows have taken place throughout the U.S. Additional info at
www.gogirlsmusicfest.com
About
GoGirlsMusic.com
GoGirls is a unique organization that focuses on advancing the careers of independent female artists. Founded in early 1996, the organization works tirelessly to help artists through education, networking, and events like the GoGirlsMusicFest, Invasion of the GoGirls @ SXSW, Folk Alliance and more. Artists who become involved have the opportunity to perform, have their work reviewed, and get involved with a hardworking group of women who "get things done" in the music scene.
About The Wesley Inn Program of Promise House
The Wesley Inn Program of Promise House guides 14- through 20-year-old homeless pregnant and parenting teen mothers to become healthy, independent and nurturing parents. As a group residence for homeless teen mothers and their children, the Wesley Inn Program provides a safe residence for up to 12 moms and babies. Residents may stay in the program for up to two years and are encouraged to stay at least 90 days. During this time, each resident and her child benefit from a wide range of services and training opportunities.
For more info about the Dallas event,
please contact: evonnerivera@earthlink.net
For more info about the National Fest,
please contact: Madalyn Sklar
Email: info@gogirlsmusic.com
Url:
http://www.gogirlsmusicfest.com