THE CROCODILE PRESENTS THE HOPE PROJECT BENEFIT CONCERT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE HOPE PROJECT SCHOOL IN LIBERIA

THE HOPE PROJECT BENEFIT CONCERT WILL FEATURE LOCAL SEATTLE ARTISTS: SCARLET PARKE, AYRON JONES, JAZMARAE BEEBE AND MATT STRUTYNSKI

SEATTLE, WA, KING, August 12, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Crocodile will host The Hope Project¹ benefit concert on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at The Crocodile Café at 2200 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121. Doors open at 8 p.m. for this all ages show featuring Scarlet Parke, Ayron Jones, Jazmarae Beebe, and Matt Strutynski. Tickets² are $10 advanced and $12 at the door. Proceeds from the event will go toward The Hope Project School, which provides education, clean water, basic medical care and, in light of the health crisis in West Africa, Ebola relief to 1,200 Pre-K through 12th grade students. Proceeds from Two Beers Brewery beers on tap will also go toward the school. The goal of the night is to sell –out the concert AND sell 145 specially design concert T-shirts, which will provide enough money for a four-year college for a Hope Project School graduate.


The Hope Project is looking for band sponsors who will donate money to cover hiring the bands in return for advertising.

Sponsorship Levels:
• Bronze - $100 Get shout out's at the event and on social media leading up to the concert
• Silver - $200 Get your logo displayed at the merchant table at the event, have a representative hand out flyers at the event PLUS shout out's at the event and on social media leading up to the concert +2 tickets
• Gold -$400 Introduce the band of your choice on stage at the event and give a shout-out for your business PLUS et your logo displayed at the merchant table at the event, have a representative hand out flyers at the event PLUS shout out's at the event and on social media leading up to the concert +4 tickets


The Hope Project: Rebuilding a relationship between Liberia and The United States

Liberia is the fourth poorest country in the world and has an unemployment rate of almost 80 percent. In 1820 Liberia was founded as a colony for freed African slaves from The United States. Since then there has been unrest between indigenous Liberians and “Americo-Liberians.” After nearly two decades of civil war that destroyed Liberia's infrastructure and education system, the country is slowly rebuilding.

The goal of The Hope Project is to help end the cycle of poverty in Liberia by providing a tuition-free, Pre-K through 12th grade school where children who otherwise couldn't afford an education can go to school, graduate with a high school diploma, and go beyond to get a job, support their family and contribute to the regrowth of their country. In this way The Hope Project School is providing a future of dignity and hope for the 1,200 children and families in Liberia and investing in the future leaders of Africa.

The Nash and Frazier families, who adopted children from Liberia, founded the Hope Project in 2007. During their adoptions they developed a friendship with native Liberian Joseph Cummings. The families asked Joseph what they could do to help him and his community, and he answered, “We need a school. These children are the future of Liberia, and without education they can do nothing for us.” With the cooperation of their communities in Seattle and Leavenworth the Nash’s and Frazier’s have since been providing the means to pay teachers, upkeep the school, buy curriculum, and provide clean water and basic medical care for the school on a monthly basis. The monthly operations for The Hope Project is $12,000.

The Hope Project is supported completely by individual donors who share the dream of providing education to the children in the world and thus ending poverty and investing in the future leaders of the world. We hope that anyone who is interested in this cause attends the Hope Celebration to learn more.

The Executive Director, Michael Nash, and Board President, David Frazier, are available for interviews about The Hope Project.
Contact: Erin Nash, Director of Development, for more information about The Hope Project Benefit Concert.
509-630-0227
erinjoy@hopeproject.org
www.hopeproject.org


The Hope Project Links:
Tickets: http://www.thecrocodile.com/event/916949
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehopeprojectliberia?ref=nf
Facebook event invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1460069700983150/
Eventbrite event invite: https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=17856384928
Twitter: @TheHopeProjectL
Website: http://hopeproject.org

Erin Nash
The Hope Project
509-630-0227
email us here

¹ http://www.hopeproject.org
² http://www.thecrocodile.com/event/916949-hope-project-benefit-concert-seattle/
³ http://www.facebook.com/thecrocodilesea