June 6: New Orleans party/fundraiser @ Soda!

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Remember New Orleans!
Tribute to take place June 6th in Brooklyn;
Organizers remind you, "New Orleans Still Needs Us"

On June 6th, the community is invited to attend a fundraiser and awareness-raiser for New Orleans. All proceeds will go to the New Orleans Kid Camera Project, a non-profit created to address the psychological and emotional impacts of Hurricane Katrina on children returning home to New Orleans. New Orleans still suffers greatly from the hurricane of two years ago. Much of the city's infrastructure is still non-functional, schools and hospitals have not re-opened, the crime rate is the highest in the nation, and the city has lost half its population since the storm.

The evening's program will include a live second-line brass band, a slideshow about the current state of New Orleans, an auction of artwork from the Kid Camera Project, and films by Helen Hill, a filmmaker and resident of New Orleans who was killed in January during a crime wave in the city. Traditional New Orleanian fare will also be available.

Concerned neighbors Alice McFarland and Kate Suisman are sponsoring this event, in the hopes of informing Brooklynites about the still dire situation in New Orleans, as well as to raise funds for a unique, effective non-profit.

WHAT: Remember New Orleans Event featuring:
Howard Fishman and the Biting Fish Brass Band
Short Films by Helen Hill
Slideshow on New Orleans Today
Silent Auction for the New Orleans Kid Camera Project
Po' Boys and other New Orleanian food

WHERE: Soda Bar
629 Vanderbilt Ave.

WHEN: June 6, Doors open at 6 pm. Program Begins at 7:30 pm.

For info, contact Kate Suisman at 212 788 7081

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Subject: This event will be great, I promise!

Please come out and support New Orleans. We'll have southern food, a brass band, New Orleans' kids' art, and more. See you at Soda Bar tomorrow, June 6 around 7 pm! Kate Suisman