Monday, May 11, 2009

Action to Aid Homeless Attracts Help (PPH)

(Justin Ellis, Portland Press Herald, May 22, 2009)

PORTLAND — When someone references Live Aid, it's usually necessary to tell them I was 5 years old when the multi-city benefit concert took place.

Still, John Ripley is as sincere as a grade school love note when he talks about Acts for Change, which will be held Sunday. It's a local festival to benefit the Preble Street Resource Center, featuring more than 20 acts, including musicians such as Grupo Esperanza and comedians like George Hamm, for 12 straight hours.

The idea, he says, is to start an annual tradition to help raise money, as well as awareness of the homeless problem in Maine.

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Visit the concert website at: www.preblestreetconcert.com

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