Business Students Sponsor Concert to Raise Funds for Local Make-A-Wish Child
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 2, 2002
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Business Students Sponsor Concert to Raise Funds for Local Make-A-Wish Child
California State University, Chico College of Business students are putting on a benefit concert Thursday, Dec. 5, to raise funds for the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The variety show concert, featuring the Jackie Greene Band, Carol Olmeda, The Bitty Bums and Emcee Bushwalla, is at 7 p.m. in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. Tickets are $5.
It’s the 4th year in a row that students from the college’s Business Resource Center have coordinated fund-raising to make a child’s dream come true that would otherwise be unattainable. More than $12,000 has been raised for the Make-A-Wish Foundation over that time span.
Gary McMahon, director of student services for the college, said this year’s child is a local 14-year-old boy with a life-threatening disease. The boy wishes to go to Disney World, which will cost $4,000, McMahon said.
“The BRC (Business Resource Center) students are a very diverse group, so this fund-raising project is a way for them to be united in one goal,” McMahon said. “Planning, marketing and leadership skills are needed to accomplish their goal, and they work very hard at it.”
The mission of the BRC is to aggressively recruit economically disadvantaged and first-generation students to the college, and to retain all students by providing innovative and student-centered academic support programs.
Blues singer and songwriter Jackie Greene is a well-known performer in the Sacramento area, and will be opening for guitarist Susan Tedeschi Dec. 17 at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Last year’s Make-A-Wish concert headliner, Jason Mraz, is opening for popular rocker Dave Matthews at concerts this fall.
Also performing at the Dec. 5 concert are CSU, Chico student acts Antares Monotero, D’Nez, Unity Dance Group and The Tapia Twins.
McMahon said a number of groups have generously contributed to the fund-raising effort, including Pepsi Bottling Group, Paradise Police Association, Paradise Exchange Club and the CSU, Chico Associated Students.
For more information about the concert or to make a donation to the Make-A-Wish fund-raising effort, call the BRC at 898-6783.
The Phoenix-based Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 and has assisted more than 97,000 children with life-threatening illnesses worldwide.
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