Skipper’s concert/fundraiser to aid hurricane victims in El Salvador
November 27, 2009 at 9:55 am by Mitch PerryThis Sunday afternoon at Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa, seven different bands of various musical pedigrees will be performing in a benefit concert for the people of El Salvador impacted by Hurricane Ida.
Mud slides and flooding earlier this month from the storm has left about 200 dead and 15,000 displaced in the Central American nation.
Rafael Avendano from the group Point 6 is organizing the event. He said the proceeds from the show will go towards the Medical Mission of Mercy, led by Dr. Robert Araujo in New Port Richey, which will then direct the funds to those who need it in El Salvador.
Avendano is from El Salvador. He says he’s been talking to people in the region, who stress that “any kind of help will be great.” He says $1 donated on Sunday is the equivalent of one meal in his native land, and adds, “any help we can get is a blessing.”
The show begins at 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 29th. Suggested donation is $10.
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