Drumming for Hope May 10, 2008

Saturday, May 10 Family Event and Silent Auction

At the Overture Center for the Arts Wisconsin Studio

The event will be from Noon to 5:00 pm, with family activities from 1-4pm including caricatures by Reynaldo Hernandez, face painting, balloon animals, and power doll making. The musical performances include:

12:00-1:30 Interactive Drumming Circle with Dance Lessons
1:45-2:30 WADOMA’s West African Drum and Dance
2:45-3:45 The Figureheads
4:00-4:45 WADOMA’s West African Drum and Dance

The costs are $10 per adult, $7 for students with a current ID, $5 for children age 3-17 who come with an adult. All children under 3 are free.

A silent auction with great contributions from the Madison business community will also be featured. Tickets are available at the door, or in advance by contacting African Youth Outreach.

African Youth Outreach, Inc. is sponsoring the third annual “Drumming for Hope” to support HIV/AIDS education.

WADOMA, Figureheads, take the stage for the third annual benefit concert for African Youth Outreach, Inc. (AYO) is a local not-for-profit that provides empowerment through education to those affected by AIDS.

AYO, established in 2004, is a collaboration between medical personnel and educators. AYO works in South Africa providing orphans with life skills education needed to survive, including HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention, drug and alcohol abuse, and critical problem solving. AYO is also in the process of developing a domestic education program with hopes of running summer camps in Dane County next summer (2009).

AYO’s goal is to provide educational services to the increasing number of children orphaned by the accelerating HIV epidemic, and to increase awareness and educational opportunities of these issues in the United States. AYO is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, and all proceeds of fundraisers go directly to the orphan projects supported by AYO.
For more information about the organization or the event, please contact Alex Kendziorski, M.D. at 608-843-1887 or 608-843-9255.

Official Website: http://www.africanyouthoutreach.org/2007_DFH/index.html