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Launched in 2000 with a 20 house "blitz build", Hollywood for
Habitat for Humanity (HFHFH) is an entertainment industry partnership with
Habtiat for Humanity. Actors, screenwriters, musicians, agents, directors,
producers, studio executives and label executives are among the thousands of
volunteers who have helped build homes for people in need, in the United States
and around the world.
HFHFH was founded by Screenwriter/Director Randall Wallace (Braveheart, We
Were Soldiers) to support Habitat for Humanity's goal of eliminating
substandard housing by making decent, affordable housing a matter of conscience
and action. Participants support the work through donations, volunteer
house and advocacy. HFHFH works in partnership with Habitat for Humanity
of Greater Los Angeles to help HFHFH volunteers connect to build opportunities
locally and around the globe.
Local Multi-Platinum selling band
Switchfoot is raising one dollar for every ticket sold for Habitat for Humanity!
The Music Builds Tour is a 24-city tour, with Third
Day, Switchfoot, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Jars of Clay, promoted
by Transparent Productions and Live Nation. The Music Builds tour will donate
net proceeds of $1 per ticket sold for the Music Builds Concert. Join us Friday September
26th at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, CA.
For concert and ticket information please visit www.musicbuildstour.com.
30 Seconds to Mars builds with Hollywood for Habitat for
Humanity
On
June 30, 2008, multi-platinum selling recording artists 30 Seconds to Mars
joined hands with Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity for a one-of-a-kind Habitat
build day in Los Angeles, CA. In advance of the build, the band organized an
auction of "build slots" to give fans the opportunity to volunteer
alongside them and their family and friends. In less than a week, six extra
workers were enlisted and over $10,000.00 was raised to fund additional Habitat
for Humanity projects.
Working on a home being repaired and renovated through the Habitat for Humanity
of Greater Los Angeles' "A Brush With Kindness" program, the band,
their family and friends, and the auction winners joined Melvin Jones as he
performed urgently needed repairs to the home that his mother currently resides
in and has owned for over 35 years. For
more information on the 30 Second to Mars build with HFHFH, click
here.
Click
here, for more
information on Music for Relief and Linkin Park's programs with HFHFH.
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