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Norton Buffalo Concert:
Our second fundraiser featuring "An Evening with Norton Buffalo"
Featuring: The Soulful, R & B, & Driving Blues of Norton Buffalo and The Knockouts and the World, Folk, Country, & Rock sounds of Norton Buffalo And Friends (Acoustic)

Also: Including Special Guest Tom Rigney, the electrifying electric violinist, Cajun fiddler, composer, and leader of the American roots music band, Tom Rigney and Flambeau.

Indicate something like this..."You may Norton Buffalo from his thirty-one years, and counting, with The Steve Miller Band!!!"

Cool words to use for the Knockouts: Soulful, R & B, & Driving Blues
Cool words to use for Friends: Accoustic, World, Folk, Country, & Rock

at the Paradise Performing Arts Center on April 21, 2007. Beer sales at 6:30pm proceeds go to the cause. Showtime at 8:00pm.

About Norton:
Norton Buffalo is regarded as one of the most versatile and talented harmonica players in the music business. In Rock, R & B, and Blues circles, as well as in New Age, Country and Jazz circles, he is widely acclaimed as the finest multigenre harmonica player of our time. read more...

Ticket price:
General seating: $25

Premier seating: $55
(Plus after party)

Venue phone:
(530 ) 872.8454

Benefiting:

Ottmar Liebert Concert:
To say that the fundraiser was a good night would be an understatement! We raised over $13,000 which 100% goes towards the "Water For Life"
cause.

Thanks again for every one who supported this event! Sign the mailing list to see when the next fundraiser is and to keep informed with "Water For Life" updates.

What is "Water For Life"

The Rotary Club of Paradise (California) felt compelled to take on an international undertaking and, therefore, attended the Uniendo America Projects Fair in Guatemala, Central America to meet with Rotarians of third world areas and together, determine Central American needs.

The Need

Just one, staggering statistic: 35,000 children die EACH WEEK from non-potable water; worldwide. It is overwhelmingly apparent that the number one need is the necessity for suitable, potable water. Rotary International is seriously considering water as their next international project, similar in scope to their initial campaign to eradicate polio world wide.

More about Uniendo America Projects Fair

Uniendo America means “Uniting America,” and that is just what, Uniendo America Project fairs aim to do. Since 1994, Uniendo America has held a Fair in a different Central American country each year where Central American Rotarians have presented World Community Service (WCS) projects to North American Rotarians in hopes of forming international partnerships. Meeting face to face at the Fairs has created lasting friendships, forged new working relationships and facilitated the implementation of hundreds of WCS projects, benefiting countless Central (and North) Americans. It is what Rotary International is all about: Creating goodwill and understanding through international cooperation. Uniendo America Project Fairs are not official programs of Rotary International, but rather they are grassroots efforts, being organized by the hosting countries.

What happens now

Rotary Club of Paradise is organizing fundraisers to help catapult this issue to international awareness! You too can be part of the start of something huge, right here in our own backyard, by attending the first fundraiser to assist in this endeavor.

Our Goal

This partnership with Central America promises to be the beginning of something that we aspire to extend from Central America to all other parts of the world, on both sides of this partnership...the partners raising the funds, and the partners benefiting from the funds.With the first of what plans to be a significant amount of performances by top-rated artists-worldwide, come be a part of the beginning of something huge..."Water for Life."

How do events like this help (Funding)

The Humanitarian Grants Program of the Rotary Foundation provides grants to Rotary clubs and districts to implement humanitarian projects. There are several grant types that address different service needs and funding options. The one that we are targeting with our project is “Matching Grants.” This is a grant that supports international service projects involving rotary Clubs or districts in two or more countries:

A). For the matching grant our project goal is $15,000 + ( one time investment)
B). These monies are matched at district level and again at the Rotary International level - $15,000 becomes $60,000

100% of money is given towards the project with "No Administrative Fees"