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Water: On Tap
Changing Societal
Behavior One Drop At A Time
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday,
March 1, 2010
Press Contact: Dominick Rogers, 216-392-2895
www.waterbandwishingwell.com
Cleveland, OH - World
Water Day is Monday, March 22nd 2010 and every year. Waterband’s
Wishing Well is preparing a multitude of activities to help draw attention to
global water issues including a special live, unplugged, online, one-hour music
concert featuring performances by Waterband + many special guests such as Carlos
Jones, Tommy Wiggins and more.
During the live web cast, donations
will be accepted while music plays and highlights of various water issues are
explained. All donations will be given to Waterband’s Wishing Well, an
organization focused on educating and exposing issues related to global water
issues. (www.waterbandwishingwell.com)
“The Waterband Wishing Well is
helping change societal behavior one drop at a time,” says Dominick Rogers,
Executive Director of Waterband’s Wishing Well. “Water is one of the
five primary means to life and we take it for granted. Let’s change that.”
www.waterbandwishingwell.com
Beneficiaries
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper -
http://www.bnriverkeeper.org/
Capitol Square Rotary Honduras
Water Project
Clean Water Action –
http://www.cleanwateraction.org
Flats Oxbow Association –
http://www.voiceoftheflats.org
Food and Water Watch -
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/
Global Water -
http://www.globalwater.org/
Ohio River Foundation –
http://www.ohioriverfdn.org
The Wetlands Initiative -
http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
-
http://www.paconserve.org
What: Water: On Tap
kick-off on World Water Day
Who: Waterband and
special guests
When: Monday, March
22, 2010 - 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Where: World Wide Web
–
www.waterband.us
Why: Raising
awareness of things we take for granted.
Last year, Waterband raised and
donated over $4,000 for the world water cause.
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3WD =
Waterband's World Water Day
World Wide Web
concert for Global Water Issues
On Sunday, March 22nd
2009 @ 8PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, March 06, 2009
Press Contact: John
Latimer, Undercurrents, 440-331-0700
waterband@ymail.com /
www.waterband.us
Sunday,
March 22nd 2009 is World Water Day. To draw attention and funds to
global water issues, a special live, unplugged, online, two-hour music concert
will be held on the World Wide Web featuring performances by Waterband + many
special guests. 3WD’s video and audio will spotlight select non-profit
organizations who contrbute to helping make our world a better place to live.
During the live web
cast, donations will be accepted while music plays and highlights of various
water issues are explained. Topics include: Trans-Boundaries, Wetland
Restoration, Invasive Species, Carbon Footprints, Irrigation issues, Water
Wells, Filtration, Rivers, Disaster Risk Reduction, Sanitation and the roles of
women and children.
Visit
www.waterband.us
from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm EDT on Sunday, March 22, 2009.
Theater 10 Location:
Cuyahoga Community
College – Theater 10 - Metropolitan
Campus
2900 Community College Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Beneficiaries
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper -
http://www.bnriverkeeper.org/
Capitol Square Rotary Honduras Water Project
Flats Oxbow Association -
http://www.voiceoftheflats.org
Food and Water Watch -
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/
Global Water -
http://www.globalwater.org/
Great Lakes Commission -
http://www.glc.org
Ohio River Foundation -
http://www.ohioriverfdn.org
The Wetlands Initiative -
http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy -
http://www.paconserve.org
Who: Waterband
What: 3WD – Waterband’s World Water
Day
When: Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 7:00
PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Where: World Wide Web –
www.waterband.us
Why: World Water Day awareness and
fundraiser.
Last year, Waterband
raised and donated $4,000 for the world water cause.
For more information
regarding Waterband’s World Water Day, pleaser contact John Latimer at
440-331-0700.
World Water Crisis:
The world water crisis
is one of the largest public health issues of our time. Nearly 1.1 billion
people (roughly 20% of the world’s population) lack access to safe drinking
water. The lack of clean, safe drinking water is estimated to kill almost 4,500
children per day. In fact, out of the 2.2 million unsafe drinking water deaths
in 2008, 90% were children under the age of five.
Water is essential to
the treatment of diseases, something especially critical for children.
Many women and young
girls in rural areas in Sub-Saharan African and other parts of the world must
trek as much as six miles everyday to retrieve water for their families. Due to
this manual labor, such women and children are prevented from pursuing an
education, maintaining their households or earning additional income.
Thus, the lack of clean
water, coupled with the lack of basic sanitation and a dearth of hygiene
education, is one of the largest obstacles to progress and development in these
regions and across the world. Clean water access is a huge priority because it
contributes to such widespread suffering, including increased poverty, high
child mortality rates, depressed education levels, and political instability.
Without question, the world water crisis condemns billions of people to a
perpetual struggle to survive at the subsistence level.
Waterband Bio:
Waterband was founded by
David "Dreadlock Dave" McDougald & John Welton just after the time when
Vegetables Mattered! Both inspired by a higher calling and deep desire to send
sincere positive vibrations into the universe through expressive musical
improvisation and thoughtful musical and lyrical composition. Enter into the
Flow Rick Phillips and then Ryan Bair and you have what today is known as
Waterband. Waterband's form is ever changing, yet ever flowing... Waterband's
sonic depth and changing forms allow them to perform as a dynamic acoustic
ensemble or as a full-blown electric face melting aural assault! Waterband has
performed over 1100 shows, since forming in 2001, and has released five CD's to
critical acclaim.
The Waterband
Wishing Well was established by Waterband as their philanthropy effort to assist
global water issues. Each year, select organizations are targeted by Waterband
to raise awareness and donations. See
www.waterbandwishingwell.com
for more information.
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