Out on the road with John Mayer

We've been out on the road with John Mayer for the past few weeks, building support for a really great initiative building support for veterans.

John has partnered with NCIRE, a northern California based research organization that is focused revamping veterans health care services. By looking at the 'whole picture', NCIRE hopes to help veterans young and old be healthy, happy, and productive.

NCIRE and Mayer have together launched a joint pilot project called the Veterans Health Integration Program. VHIP has four key areas of research they are conducting that related to veterans; the program is funded entirely by John Mayer and Mayer fans.

We are partnering with our friends at REVERB to take this program out onto the road for John. Working with volunteers at each stop, we are talking to fans about the importance of veterans issues, raising consciousness and funds along the way. 

More updates to come. In the meantime, check out vhip.org for more info, and some of our photos below. You can also search the hashtag #paradisevalley on Instagram and Twitter to see fan photos taken in our booth!

    Our volunteers at the Gorge!

    Fans showing support!

    Houston volunteers!

    Cincinnatti volunteers!

    Photobooth action

    Use the 'John Mayer Tour App' filters!

Austin City Limit volunteers needed!

Once again we'll be taking the Arcade Fire Haiti Campaign out to a big music festival, and we are looking for some PIH, Kanpe and Haiti supporters who would like to volunteer a few hours of their weekend in exchange for some cool Arcade Fire merch!

This is a volunteer opportunity open to those who already have tickets to and are going to be attending Austin City Limits this weekend!

Here is how it works: You sign up for 2 two hour 'shifts', learn about PIH and Kanpe, spend some time talking to your fellow ACL fans about the important work these organizations do, earn some good karma, AND get an AF Haiti tee-shirt and a chance to win an autographed AF set list all in exchange for your good will!

Sign up below for more info!

Already attending Outside Lands? Want to volunteer for Arcade Fire Haiti while you are there?

Once again we'll be taking the Arcade Fire Haiti Campaign out to a big music festival, and we are looking for some PIH, Kanpe and Haiti supporters who would like to volunteer a few hours of their weekend in exchange for some cool Arcade Fire merch!

This is a volunteer opportunity open to those who already have tickets to and are going to be attending Outside Lands.

Here is how it works: You sign up for 2 two hour 'shifts', learn about PIH and Kanpe, spend some time talking to your fellow Outside Land fans about the important work these organizations do, earn some good karma, AND get an AF Haiti tee-shirt, an AF poster and a chance to win an autographed AF set list all in exchange for your good will!



Getting involved is easy: sign up below, and we'll follow up with more info on Thursday. Hope to see you in SF!

Sign up here:

Updates from the Brad Paisley tour!

The Brad Paisley H2O II tour has been going strong, and Water = Hope has had a lot of success along the way!

We’ve made stops in 14 different cities now, have talked to over 4,000 people about clean water issues and worked with close to 100 volunteers in the process. And we are well on our way with our fundraising goals, using our time on the road this summer to once again involve the country fan community in bringing clean water to communities in need.



This past weekend we made two stops: Chicago and Columbus. Chicago saw our biggest volunteer crew yet, with 17 people joining us, some of whom drove from as far away as Milwaukee to be a part of the action. The team did great - it was our biggest night ever on the Paisley tour.



Columbus had smaller team, but they were very committed and ready to work! The torrential downpour of rain right when the doors opened didn’t even slow them down - they kept right on talking to people that had taken cover in some of the covered areas of the arena!

Our volunteers reflect the diversity of support that surrounds the clean water movement: last weekend alone with had students, retirees, non-profit executives, huge Brad Paisley fans, huge water.org fans, and a long time supporter of Senator Frist (co-founder of Water = Hope) among many others. It’s always exciting to see how issues such as this unite people in one common goal.



We are also pleased to see a lot of ‘return support’ on the tour itself; many fans have told us they supported the campaign last year, and are eager to do so again, buying a new shirt, signing up friends and family for more information, taking our info cards for classrooms, and so on.

We have five more stops ahead, Florida, Philly, DC and Raleigh. You can still sign up to volunteer, and if at one of the shows, be sure to stop by the Water = Hope tent to learn about how your support can enter you into a raffle to win an autographed Gibson guitar from Brad!

Summer Volunteering Newsletter

In case you missed it in your email today!

Summer Volunteering!


Summer is almost here, and volunteer opportunities are everywhere! We are looking for volunteers to join us all across the US and Europe this summer as we work with lots of very cool bands and campaigns!


Some of you might have already signed up for some of our summer shows - a big thanks, and do know we’ll be in contact with you soon if you have! If you have not yet had a chance to check out what we are up to, read on - lots of great opportunities to do good and check out some shows in the process!

Benefits of volunteering

Volunteering has lots of perks: doing good for your community, learning about an issue or organization, meeting new people with like minded passions, getting trained on organizing methods. If you are a student, it’s also a great way to earn community service credits (and yes, we can validate those for you!); and yes, volunteering on our campaigns generally always involves a free concert too!

Women for Women International

We are very excited to be working with Women for Women, and amazing grassroots organization dedicated to empowering women globally through micro lending.

We’ll be taking Women for Women out to Bonnaroo with us this year, and need some unique help for the festival: we have 6 or so BONNARROO PASSES and CAMPING spots available for some dedicated volunteers! In exchange for these passes and camping spots, you’ll need to be willing to work at least 16 hours with us - just four hours each day, which leaves plenty of time to check out music and the festival! - and provide for your own transportation to and from the festival, as well as your camping set up. If you are already attending Bonnaroo on your own ticket, and would like to sign up for one of our four hour volunteer spots (spread out throughout the festival weekend) in exchange for some cool W4W merch and good karma, you can do that as well!

Bonnaroo is a lot of fun, a great community - if you are interested, please fill out our online application here, or email us.


Arcade Fire and Haiti


We are still out on the road with Arcade Fire, building support for Partners in Health, Kanpe and Haiti. We just wrapped up a really amazing spring leg of the tour (check out our photos and blog!) and are about to head off for a string of festivals and shows in Europe. If you are in Europe (or will be visiting this summer!) get signed up here to volunteer!

Water = Hope and Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley is bringing back his H20 Tour again this summer, and we are going to be back out on the road with him! Last summer, we were able to build enough support and raise enough money to build FOUR wells; 100% funded by country music fans, which is quite awesome! We are looking for a repeat performance this year, and need your help to make it happen! Check out our Water = Hope website for more information and to get signed up!

We are also taking Water = Hope to Bonnaroo this year, and likewise have a few passes for camping volunteers, and are looking for help from those that are already attending. Learn more about it here.

Dispatch and Amplifying Education

We are very proud to be working with Dispatch on their summer tour! They are running a very cool campaign called Amplifying Education featuring information about organizations like City Year and Teach for America. Learn more and sign up to volunteer at a show by visiting their website: www.amplifyingeducation.com

Festivals!

In addition to Bonnaroo, we’ll be out at Outside Lands and Austin City Limits this year; stay tuned to more information on those!

Still looking for more? Our friends at HeadCount and Reverb also are on the road the summer, looking for some volunteers to help them out!


Keep in Touch

Be sure to ‘like’ us on Facebook - it’s one of the best ways of staying current on what volunteer opportunities are happening. You can also follow me on Twitter for ‘on the road’ updates and the like!


Thanks again for your ongoing support - we all hope to see some of you at our shows this summer. Spots fill fast, so get signed up today!

-Brande

Volunteers needed for Women for Women at Bonnaroo!

In addition to Water = Hope, we are excited to be bringing Women for Women International to the very first Bonnaroo as well!

We will need volunteers to help us in this effort of spreading the word about the amazing work W4W does to Bonnaroo fans. We have 6 passes for Bonnaroo that INCLUDE camping, and are also looking for volunteers that are already attending the festival that would like to donate four hours of their time to an amazing grassroots organizations.

Click on the link to our sign up page to apply for a volunteer spot, and feel free to email us for more information.

Sign up to volunteer!

Thanks!