"Rock to Roll" Charity Event Set for December 3 Posted on 11/6/2009
The fourth annual "Rock to Roll" charity event spearheaded by SideOneDummy Co-Founder Joe Sib is happening this year at Slim's in San Francisco December 3. The event will directly benefit the non-profit organization UCP Wheels for Humanity. Headlining the event this year is NOFX.
It is estimated that more than 100 million children and adults worldwide need wheelchairs and do not have them either due to lack of access, lack of money, or both. Their lack of mobility stems from accidents, birth defects, war injuries, debilitating diseases, aging, natural disasters and land mines. To address this need, UCP Wheels for Humanity begins with volunteers collecting over 230,000 pounds of discarded wheelchairs and wheelchair parts each year from around the U.S. Since a wheelchair in a developing country is an unimaginable luxury, Therapeutic seating specialists then deliver and individually fit the wheelchairs to disadvantaged children and adults free of charge. Since 1996, UCP Wheels for Humanity has helped over 44,000 children and adults living in the poorest of conditions, in developing countries such as Zimbabwe, Vietnam, Ukraine, Mexico, Mongolia, and many others.
Last year, the concert at The Key Club in Hollywood raised $38,000 for UCP Wheels for Humanity. Combined Rock To Roll fund raising efforts have raised over $87,000 since the annual event began in 2006. The average wheelchair costs $150 to refurbish, which means Rock to Roll has directly improved the lives of roughly 580 individuals in need. This is the first year the event will take place in San Francisco. Tickets go on sale November 7.
To volunteer, support, and learn more about UCP Wheels, go to ucpwfh.org
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