“As a strong supporter and philanthropist for children in need, I see this as an opportunity to support a very important cause. I ask for everyone to come out and give blood and see me perform while at it. By taking an hour out your day you can save a live” says Shaggy.
It is often difficult to collect enough blood donations to meet patient needs during the summer months, when schools are out and many families are on vacation. Music Brings Life and the American Red Cross are working together to overcome this seasonal challenge.
Music Brings Life is producing a series of live music events in Brooklyn this summer to promote blood awareness. At each of these events we will be holding blood drives with our partner, the American Red Cross.
The blood drives will be held the same day as the music events and will be from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. inside air-conditioned Borough Hall. Blood donations will be collected by the American Red Cross. As an incentive, the first 200 people who come out to donate blood at one of the three blood drives will receive a free ticket to the 2014 5Alarm Blaze Music Brings Life Blood Awareness Concert on Sunday, August 31 at Stage 48 (605 West 48th Street) in Manhattan, which will feature the hottest Caribbean artists of the year.
For more information about the Summer Music Series and blood drives, visit www.musicbringslife.org.
RCS SIDEBAR: Shaggy made a surprise appearance at this weekend’s Groovin’ in the Park Concert at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, NY. Shaggy was bombarded by adoring fans and media alike. Despite the fever pitch mayhem, Shaggy took pictures with everyone myself included. I took a selfie with him which was an epic failure so I won’t post it here but here is my redemption photo thanks to Britney over at Chune MediaATL!
