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Hillsboro Students Hold Benefit Concert for Children of Iraq

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Hillsboro High School seniors Yousuf Ahmad and Hailey Simon are spearheading a citywide interfaith initiative to benefit the children of Iraq.

The two are coordinating a concert to benefit No More Victims, a nonprofit organization committed to restoring the health and well being to victims of war and advocating for peace, at 6 p.m., Friday, April 18, at Rocketown.

“We actually were looking for a benefit to raise money for,” Yousuf said. “What we were looking for was a new charity that isn’t professionally staffed and didn’t have millions of dollars so our contributions could really make a difference. We just wanted to try something new.”

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Valentine Concert Mixes Rock with Awareness

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

There’s no better way to tell your valentine you love them than by shouting it over some righteous jams.

A benefit concert, “No More Victims,” will be held on Thursday. The event is hosted by Best Heard Blind, in Association with the Mountain View Market Co-op Rocks program.

No More Victims is a nonprofit organization working to restore health and well-being to victims of war, specifically children. No More Victims helps to organize and fund the effort to get medical treatment for Iraqi families in need.

More than 30 American communities have been inspired to develop similar projects under the banner of No More Victims. Founding director and Los Angeles resident Cole Miller will be speaking at the benefit concert. (more…)