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Carnaval Brasil! will
benefit children in
Brazil and Tanzania.
Authentic Food From South and North India
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Helping Kids
Two musical events help kids from Eugene to Tanzania.
T
he Laura Kemp Band reunites this
Saturday at Sam Bond’s to kick off
the Monthly Benefit for Friends of
KRVM series. After the Jan. 31 perform-
ance, the Sam Bond’s concerts will be held
the first Sunday of each month beginning in
March.
Friends of KRVM is a nonprofit support
organization for KRVM 91.9 FM founded
last spring after 4-J slashed funding —
$70,000 — for its student-operated public
radio station. The station is much loved for
its eclectic music, community news
announcements and the opportunity it
allows students who may not fit in any-
where else to have a voice on the air, or
gain technical experience working in the
station.
Faced with demise, the station sent out
an SOS to its listeners, which resulted in a
fund-raising drive that brought in $75,000
last spring and $60,000 in fall.
The station was formerly eligible to
receive Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(CPB) grants, because it employed at least
five people. But the 4-J cuts slashed jobs,
meaning after this year, it will not be eligi-
ble for those funds. Meanwhile, however,
CPB generously allowed the station $79,000
to last through this budget year, which ends
July 1.
In July, 4-J, which pays the bills
throughout the year, will bill KRVM for its
expenses, and KRVM hopes to meet them,
with its fund-raising and CPB funds.
But if funds fall short, there’s still hope.
KRVM Development Director Bobbie Cirel
says the Friends of KRVM funds will be used
to “fill in the gaps when that bill comes in.”
Friends of KRVM Board President Roka
Walsh is involved with the efforts to save
the station not just to support public radio,
but also because the station helps so many
kids. “To be at the station in fall and to see
kids come out after spending their first time
in the studio on air, so pumped, their confi-
dence just skyrockets,” she says.
Cirel adds, “Any time you help kids feel
good about themselves in a genuine way,
you’re helping the future.”
Other musical acts in the benefit series
include John Shipe and Friends in March
and Anne Weiss in April. For more infor-
mation, see www.friendsofkrvm.org.
Donations are also accepted at the KRVM
station on an ongoing basis.
26 JANUARY 29, 2004
A
lso on Saturday night, over at the
EMU, you can catch the second
annual Carnaval Brasil!, featuring
Samba Já, Edson Oliveira’s Sun Bossa,
Brazilian dancers, gigantic human puppets,
a capoeira demonstration (a unique Afro-
Brazilian mixture of martial arts, dance,
self-defense, music and gymnastics), cos-
tumes and masks, and more.
The event is a fund-raiser for Students
Helping Street Kids International (SHSKI),
the Eugene-based nonprofit organization
that brings global education and communi-
ty service together in an academic program
for street kids in Brazil and Tanzania.
SHSKI was founded in 1997 by Bob
Crites, a former Peace Corps worker in
Brazil. The organization matches American
students in schools from the elementary
through the university level, with a child in
Brazil or Tanzania who is living in extreme
poverty. Through student donations and
fund-raising, money is sent to an adopted
child and used for tuition, books and school
uniforms.
‘Any time you help
kids feel good about
themselves in a
genuine way, you’re
helping the future.’
B OBBIE C IREL ,
KRVM
Andrea Callahan, deputy director of
SHSKI, says, “Helping a specific child who
lives in a world so different from our own
fosters cross-cultural exchange, social
awareness, and community service. It also
fosters a sense of altruism and kindness.”
The students in the other countries are
chosen by local leaders, who look for chil-
dren who “shine,” says Callahan. “They
demonstrate strong characteristics of intelli-
gence, self-discipline, and the desire to
learn and succeed. They show a drive to
make something different of their lives.”
For more information on SHSKI, call 686-
1396.
See Calendar for specific times and
varying ticket prices.
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