Action Taken
05/08/06
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(Hopeless) The 5th annual Take Action! tour, organized by Hopeless/ Sub City Records and presented by Hot Topic raised over $100,000 for the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC) and the assistance lines they operate: 1-877-YOUTHLINE and 1-800-SUICIDE. In addition to the $100,000, the nationwide tour also informed over 40,000 fans in attendance about the issues of depression and suicide that affect millions of young people each year. The message has also reached over 22,000 people to date through the sale of the Take Action! Volume 5 compilation. Hopeless/Sub City Records donates 5% of the retail list price from the sale of each compilation to the Kristin Brooks Hope Center. Since the Take Action! Tour began there has been a 5% decrease in suicide, as well as an increase in government funding for suicide prevention- from $0 to $16 million. During this time Hopeless/Sub City Records has raised over $320,000 for KBHC through the Take Action! Tour and compilation series. In spite of this tremendous progress, the epidemic of suicide continues to take thousands of young people from us each year. 2006 Take Action! Tour Bands: Headliner-Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, The Early November, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, Man Alive, I Am Ghost, We Are The Fury, Hit The Lights, Roses Are Red[see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story
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