FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 28, 2016
For a segment of Houston’s dance music community, sweating to electronic music on the weekends just isn’t enough. For the sixth annual charity bash known as A Little Help From My Friends, DJs, dancers and electronic music fans unite for a cause: to make a generous donation to Friends For Life Animal Rescue and Adoption Organization – Houston, a strictly no-kill animal rescue and the only LEED-certified shelter in Texas.
The event takes place at 8:00 p.m. on July 30, 2016 at Up & Down on Washington, 4105 Washington Ave. It is open to patrons age 18 and above, and tickets are available on Eventbrite.com for $25. Those interested are also able to make donations of any value on the ticket sale page.
One-hundred percent of the proceeds go directly to the Friends For Life organization.
This year, A Little Help From My Friends features two stages of top local DJ talent supporting global headliner Jerome Isma-Ae. There will also be a bachelor and bachelorette auction and silent auction.
Matthew Dunn, founder of A Little Help From My Friends, began throwing annual charity events catered to the electronic dance community. Past benefactors have included the American Red Cross and the Japan Tsunami relief effort. “But I started fostering rescues for Friends for Life early in the series, and the experience just really spoke to me,” he said. “What this organization does for Houston’s abused and neglected dogs and cats struck a chord. Friends For Life has proven that you can run a rescue efficiently and responsibly, do so much good for animals, and still not kill, ever.”
Dunn adopted his foster dog, and has since grown the event immensely since its inception. “There’s just something about the unconditional love between you and your dog,” he said. “And the fact is, there are so many in need of help through no fault of their own.”
Though Dunn claims he has always “done better with animals than humans,” the event has sparked a tidal wave of local support, eager to lend the best of any abilities they may possess to help the cause. Local DJs flood the organization page for A Little Help From My Friends in hopes of having their turn on the decks, not just for the enthusiastic audience, but to see how music and dance can benefit Houston’s vulnerable rescue pets.
For more information on A Little Help From My Friends with special guest Jerome Isma-Ae and to purchase tickets or make donations, visit www.eventbrite.com and search for “A Little Help.” For more information on Friends For Life Animal Rescue and Adoption Organization – Houston, visit www.friends4life.org.
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Media contact: Matthew Dunn, CEO, The Department of Dance; Founder, A Little Help From My Friends
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