FORMER PRESIDENTS OBAMA, BUSH 43, CLINTON, BUSH 41 AND CARTER TO HEADLINE OCT 21ST CONCERT BENEFITING HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2017
FORMER PRESIDENTS OBAMA, BUSH 43, CLINTON, BUSH 41 AND CARTER
TO HEADLINE OCT 21ST CONCERT BENEFITING
HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS
“Deep From the Heart: The One America Appeal” to Feature Country
Icons ALABAMA;
Texas Legends The Gatlin Brothers, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen; Plus
Special Guests
COLLEGE STATION, TX — The George H. W. Bush
Presidential Library Foundation today announced a hurricane relief concert at
Texas A&M’s Reed Arena the evening of October 21st featuring former Presidents
Obama, Bush 43, Clinton, Bush 41 and Carter joined by top music performers. All
ticket sales and other proceeds from the “Deep From the Heart: The One America
Appeal” concert will go to the special hurricane recovery effort launched last
month by the five living former U.S. presidents.
Together with all five living former presidents,
the show at Reed Arena will feature Grammy winners and producers of 43 #1 hits,
ALABAMA, joined by Texas legends The Gatlin Brothers, four-time Grammy winner Lyle
Lovett, and Robert Earl Keen; legendary
Grammy-award winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer ‘Soul Man’ Sam Moore; gospel legend Yolanda Adams; season three winner of NBC’s “The Voice,” Cassadee Pope; and
rising country artist Stephanie Quayle, who Rolling Stone Country called one of
the “Ten New Country Music Artists You Need to Know.” Country music star Lee
Greenwood will emcee the event.
Tickets for the “Deep From the Heart” concert are
now on sale at https://bush41.org/deep-from-the-heart.
“The 43rd
President and I, and our distinguished colleagues in this 'One America Appeal,'
are very grateful to these wonderful performers — some of them old friends,
some of them new — for giving their time and talent to help the urgent cause of
hurricane recovery in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean,” said President Bush
41. “It’s important that those affected by these devastating storms know that,
even if the path to recovery feels like a road that goes on forever, we’re with
them for the long haul."
The One America Appeal was launched September
7th when all five living former presidents aired a joint PSA on the NFL’s
regular season opening broadcast and launched a website accepting tax-deductible
donations at OneAmericaAppeal.org.
Originally, the former presidents were inspired
to come together in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which unleashed
devastating flooding that threatened hundreds of thousands of Texans — and
spurred thousands of first responders and neighbors into action. The effort has
since expanded twice to include recovery efforts in Florida from Hurricane
Irma, and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from Hurricane Maria.
A special restricted account has been
established through the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation to
collect and distribute donations to every dollar given goes to assist hurricane
victims. Donations will be distributed to:
· Houston Harvey Relief
Fund, focusing on the greater Houston region
· Rebuild Texas Fund, assisting hurricane-ravaged communities across the state
· Florida Disaster Fund
· Juntos y Unidos Por
Puerto Rico, launched by First Lady Beatriz Rossello and a private sector
coalition
· The Fund for the Virgin
Islands
“Thanks to our very generous underwriters, we
can once again state that every dollar we raise through ticket sales for our
'Deep From the Heart' show will go to our designated hurricane recovery funds,”
said David Jones, CEO of the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation.
“So grab your friends and join us at Reed Arena on October 21st for what
promises to be a truly unforgettable night – that also helps a lot of Americans."
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