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Please tune in HERE today (Feb 22) at 3pm PST / 6pm EST. We will be chatting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and others; the focus of the talk is the ongoing effort in Haiti, one year after the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake killed over 300,000 people and displaced roughly 1.5 million. The people of Haiti still need your help. Tune in to find out more.

Reminder: we have over SIXTY tracks up at www.downloadtodonate.org. Head over there today to donate and get a ton of great music. 100% of proceeds go to the relief effort in Haiti.

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Solving a problem by solving a second problem?  That’s good design.

http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/

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I need to take a quick break from LP/ATS press / promo to give you guys a heads-up on a new Music For Relief effort.

Monsoon rains have caused the worst flooding in Pakistan in 80 years.  20 million people have been affected – more than the number of people affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake combined.
With their homes and livestock destroyed, millions of families have had their lives turned upside down.  Displaced families are camping on roadsides.  Many lack shelter, food, and clean water.

MFR is partnering with the UN Refugee Agency to help provide shelter and life-saving aid to millions of people in need. Our goal is to reach and serve 560,000 survivors, but we need your ongoing support.

Here are two ways you can help:
Make a donation to help victims of the Pakistan Floods today. Go to www.musicforrelief.org/donate to make a contribution.  100% of your donations will help survivors in Pakistan; MFR is matching individual donations up to $10,000 for this recovery effort.

Or support MFR’s Pakistan Flood Relief on Socialvibe.com.  Go to http://www.socialvibe.com/musicforrelief and complete the activities.  Even if you are unable to make a financial donation, you can help those affected by the Floods on Socialvibe.com.

Once you’ve taken action, please share your support of MFR for the Pakistan Floods on Facebook, Twitter or forward this email to friends and family and ask them to do the same.

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As some of you will remember, Music For Relief and Linkin Park has started funding a Habit For Humanity green home in the L.A. area.  HFH provides housing to families in need who qualify for their program. In many cases, the homes are given to a parents and children who would have otherwise never been able to afford one.  Plus, our MFR/ HFH home is LEED certified, which will mean less burden on the environment as well as the family that occupies it.

Yesterday, as a result of a random and amazing chain of events, the cast of Yo Gabba Gabba visited our site to take some pictures and talk about Habitat For Humanity.  Apparently, they are going on tour, and donating $1 for every ticket to HFH.  Awesome!

If it’s good enough for DJ Lance Rock, it’s good enough for you…we need your help. Please donate to the green home HERE.

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Linkin Park Green Music Group Challenge here! http://challenge.greenmusicgroup.org/

Then watch Willie Nelson drop the f-bomb here

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The Music For Relief DOWNLOAD TO DONATE FOR HAITI album has three new great tracks…Go here to download: http://musicforrelief.org/

You’ll get new tracks from Guster, Dinosaur Jr., and Mickey Hart, along with the original tracks.  Free…but please donate, and help spreading the word via Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, blogs…whatever you’ve got.  The people of Haiti still need your help.

Thanks!

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