Featured Charity of the Month
Every
month you can visit this page to find out more about a charity that we feel
merits some attention. This month we are featuring the Dreams Can Be Foundation.
Laughing Buddha Music, our eclectic music division has just signed an agreement
to release a new CD, Asa Branca, from Brazilian
duo Dois no Choro. Ten percent of the proceeds from this
CD will be donated to Dreams Can Be Foundation's Instituto Reciclarte Program.
Here's the offical press release:
New
CD to Benefit Impoverished Brazilian Children
Laughing Buddha Music to donate 10% of proceeds of new CD to Dreams
Can Be Foundation for Support of the Instituto Reciclarte Project
Laughing Buddha Music announced today that it would donate 10% of proceeds
from its
new CD release, Asa Branca, to Dreams Can Be Foundation for support of Instituto
Reciclarte music education program for impoverished Brazilian children.
Asa Branca
is a collection of Brazilian instrumental and vocal music featuring Paulinho
Garcia (guitar) and Julie Kroiden (flute), who perform together as Dois
no Choro. The
CD will be released in June 2008.
Instituto
Reciclarte, which is one of twenty-five projects supported by Dreams Can
Be
Foundation, offers at-risk children daily music, college prep and other
classes, promoting
citizenship through culture and the arts. Dreams Can Be Foundation is a
US 501(c)(3) tax
exempt charitable organization and a Brazilian NGO dedicated to aiding street
children
and impoverished youth in Brazil. They work in partnership with local organizations
and
NGOs to provide education, moral and social development, humanitarian relief,
and
opportunities where there were none before.
Laughing
Buddha Music is an independent record label and music production business,
working with artists ethically and creatively to bring their music to new
audiences
through innovative marketing techniques. Laughing Buddha contributes a portion
of
proceeds from each of its CDs to a charity that is somehow related to the
CD’s theme or
musical content.
“Asa
Branca is a compilation of Brazilian music, so naturally we went looking
for a
charity connected to Brazil,” explained Laughing Buddha’s president,
Michael Barry.
“When we heard about Dreams Can Be and the amazing work being done
through the
Reciclarte project we knew we had found a beautiful cause for a beautiful
CD.”
“We are excited to be working with Laughing Buddha,” said Lisa
Urgo, Dreams Can
Be’s president and founder. “It’s wonderful to think that
the music of Brazil will
generate funds to provide musical education to some of Rio’s poorest
children.”
Just
click on the logo below to visit the Dreams Can Be Foundation Website
