FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF FUND

 

Executive Director travels to Houston today to aid the refugees. 

 

The organization looks toward the music community and beyond

 for monetary donations.

 

BOULDER CO, 2 September 2005 – Conscious Alliance team members are traveling to Houston, Texas, today to assist the Houston Food Bank with their hurricane relief efforts. 

 

Over the course of the last 48 hours, Executive Director, Justin Baker secured initial donations of $10,000, made arrangements with the national office of America's Second Harvest Food Bank, the Houston Food Bank, and Costco managers in Houston; and secured a Penske truck with which they will purchase and deliver pallets of food to support the refugees arriving from the Superdome and Convention Center. The String Cheese Incident and their management/booking company Madison House are arranging for 3-4 additional semi trucks to meet Conscious Alliance in Texas, and are helping to mobilize the music community around the cause. Baker and Conscious Alliance board member, Don Strasburg, plan to stay in Houston until their relief funds run dry.

 

All money donated over the next several days will be directly spent on hurricane victims this weekend. Donation tax receipts will be provided.  Given the urgency of the matter, anyone wishing to contribute to the cause can do so by using our secure, easy-to-use, PayPal account at www.consciousalliance.org/donate.htm. Conscious Alliance will be transferring money from the PayPal debit account to Baker and Strasburg in Houston periodically over the next few days.

 

Thank you for your support.  This is an incredible opportunity for us to rise up and truly act as an Alliance.  Don't feel helpless - together as an alliance we can make a difference.

Conscious Alliance is a federally-recognized 501(c)3 dedicated towards creating compassion and inspiration by feeding the nation’s hungry; and helping each of us find our own way in making the world a better place.

For more information on Conscious Alliance, please visit www.consciousalliance.org

 

 

Many of you have asked what will we do later to support the displaced musicians, the people and the rebuilding efforts.  I hear your questions, but today me must focus on feeding the people who have no food.  It is my hope that as our efforts expand and the conditions become open, that CA will be able to funnel food directly to NOLA.  But for now let's focus on today!