Picture from Katrinaid Coffeehouse
Katrinaid Coffeehouse
By Sam Bryson-Brockmann and Will StevensSouth Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Freeport, NY
The coffeehouse is a fundraiser that the Unitarian Universalist Youth on Long Island have used for a number of years. The most recent, Katrinaid, raised $2,000 for the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) Gulf Coast Relief Fund and was run by Youth from the South Nassau Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregation in Freeport, NY. This amount was doubled to $4,000 by the goodwill of the Shelter Rock UU Congregation in Manhasset, NY.
The youth coffeehouse is an organization of a number of bands that donate their time and music to create a benefit concert; in our case we had six bands including ours.
The concert is held at a UU Congregation, a cover charge is collected and beverages and snacks are offered. My friend, Will, and I contact the bands and organize the event. We also advertise and collect the donations from other UU Congregations around Long Island, NY, as well as the community around us. We hope to have many more coffeehouses; I love music and I love helping people. This goes to show how empowered youth can accomplish anything they put their minds to. Mixing your passion with fundraising can be a big success. In our case, we chose mixing music with a great cause, and Will and I were able to achieve our goal. Never underestimate the power of yourselves, empowered youth.
For more information contact youth @ uua.org.
Last updated on Saturday, April 19, 2008.
