WE SUPPORT HEIFER INTERNATIONAL

At the end of our first season, we spent some time trying to think of how it could have been better. The music was fantastic, the food and drink divine, the sound got better as we tweaked the equipment throughout the series. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves immensely. Remember the lightning against the darkened sky outside the big picture window behind Chris Smither as he sang Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row"? Memorable evenings, every single one.

Could they be better? What if we could come hear a great musician, spend time with friends, enjoy the coffeehouse environment, and do good for others? What if there were a way to make an evening like this more than just about enjoying ourselves?

Although the Coffee House Concerts Series is run as a non-profit organization, we've been fortunate enough after some concerts to have a little money left over. It usually goes toward preparing for the next show, stocking up on supplies, keeping the equipment in good shape, etc. We've decided that we'd like to make this monetary surplus go farther than the walls of Church of the Holy Communion, so we've decided to give some of it away.

Whenever we have leftover money from any of these concerts, we've decided to give a portion of it to Heifer International. While there are many, many worthwhile groups that deserve support, we identified with Heifer International in part because so many of the musicians in our little part of the world support it. It's quite common to find Heifer mentioned on the websites of many, many of today's popular folk and blues artists.

If you don't know about Heifer International, you can visit their website at: http://www.heifer.org In a nutshell, Heifer provides livestock to needy families, and teaches them how to profit from it.
If they give a family a cow, they teach them how to care for it, use the milk to feed themselves, sell the surplus milk for income, and how to breed it to make more cows! A Heifer recipient promises to give the first offspring of their cow to another needy family, thereby continuing the cycle. And Heifer animals aren't just limited to cattle. Donations to Heifer can be specified to purchase goats, chickens, honeybees, llamas, water buffalo, and any number of other animals. You can even purchase an entire ark if you wish!

There's obviously more to it than this, so please visit the Heifer website, and consider supporting them yourself! You can know that the price of your admission to our concerts truly does help others around the world in a tremendous way! We look forward to seeing you at the next concert.