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One Man Band Rocks Orlando To Help Local Homeless And Youth PovertyThe Rock For Hunger Spring Show at The Plaza Theatre showcases music, art and community on March 12th.For immediate release: An ambitious young organization has changed the face of homelessness in Orlando over the past 4 years. From showcasing...

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The Rock For Hunger Monday night traditions continue as we build out our programs and objectives to help the homeless here in Orlando and the youth community that is in need.We have been looking at ways to refine our Monday nights and make the process much more streamlined for our...

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It's that time of year again! The cold is slowly starting to leave Orlando and the spring air is starting to fill the streets.Here at Rock For Hunger this means a whole lot to our organization. Many people get involved with our organization in the fall and holiday months. From...

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Join the Rock For Hunger team as well as the Plaza Theatre on Saturday, January 16th at 7pm for a free concert with Damon Fowler. A portion of the proceeds will be going to drive Rock For Hunger's 2010 initiatives to help the Orlando community.Also on the bill areKevin MainesFunkUsLearn...

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The holiday season should be the best time of the year; filled with family, friends, and reflection on the past year. For the less fortunate, it's often just another reminder of the year's struggles. Let's help change that! Join Rock For Hunger on Monday, December 21st at Lake Eola and...

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Last Thursday, November 26th Rock For Hunger, along with friends from NEMA House held a Thanksgiving Breakfast for our homeless friends in Downtown Orlando. This was an amazing breakfast of high spirits, creativity, patience and teamwork. Over 100 volunteers and 150 homeless were at the breakfast and no one left...

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On Thursday, November 26th, Rock For Hunger will host their 3rd annual Thanksgiving Breakfast for the Homeless in Downtown Orlando. This year we are excited to bring in NEMA House as a co-host and welcome in a new group of volunteers.Please watch the welcome video from Rock For Hunger VP...

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This afternoon Ted Murphy hosted a really cool lunch event where anyone who brought 10 or more cans to Panchero's on Church St. he would buy them a burrito. Well a few hundred cans in, I'd call it a successful day.Here is a quick video I shot with Ted about...

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This Friday, November 20th from noon till 1:30pm, Ted Murphy from IZEA will be at the downtown Pancheros on Church Street collecting canned foods to benefit Rock For Hunger.Ted has been great to Rock For Hunger from auctioning off himself to building a cereal wall all to make a difference...

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On the day of Rock For Hunger Fest 4, we had a group of volunteers and students from Professor Whitney's Event Planning Class hit the streets of Downtown Orlando and create an environment that showcased a version of the homeless lifestyle. Armed with a tent, cardboard signs, an info sheet...

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The notion that music can change the world is not just a quote from the legendary Bono. It is a testament that people can relate to music, use its emotions and make something beautiful. That is the reason it sits in our mission statement:Rock for Hunger exists to inspire individuals...

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On Friday night at the Rock For Hunger VIP Party, Urban Flats helped us in a big way by donating 250 awesome boxed pasta dishes that were scooped up quickly by our homeless friends, volunteers and staff. The meal was enjoyed on a very warm October evening that was followed...

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Students in the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, at the University of Central Florida, have been rocking for the homeless in major ways this semester. In conjunction with Mrs. Whitney's Event Planning Class, the students have been assigned to volunteer and help promote Rock For Hunger Fest 4, October 10th...

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So far, we have shared the bands that will be taking over Pine Street at Rock For Hunger Fest 4 at 57 West and Tanqueray's, but today we are ready to share the main stage, where all the action is going down. For those that witnessed Rock For Hunger 2,...

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This week has been absolutely amazing and the help, volunteers and bands are really rocking for hunger. I urge you all to pick up a copy of the Orlando Sentinel on Friday to see a special piece with Chris Goyzueta and Jim Abbott, chatting about Rock For Hunger, the festival...

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Wow, can you believe Rock For Hunger Fest 4 is this Saturday. I can still remember last year and the 3 stages, the parking lot art fest and the amazing people.One of the things that stood out to me personally were the 2 side stages and the atrium stage in...

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Luckily Lake Eola park does not have a roof, because we would have just blown it off with this announcement. Rock For Hunger's VIP Party is already a VIP party like none other here in Orlando, with a feeding and entertainment session bridging the gap between the local homeless, the...

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photo by TheIndustryWillNot only is Tanqueray's a venue in this year's festival, hosting Brandon, Chasing Jonah, SYPH, Chris Burns and KG and the Band, they are also hosting the official after party with music by LoveJuice (which features Crash from Real Rock 101.1). Rock For Hunger's rocking intern Orly caught...

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As part of our annual music festival for change in Orlando, FL we are hosting a new breed of VIP event. One where our donors, volunteers, bands and VIP's will get to experience the change we are making in our community. The VIP Party will take place on Friday, October...

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(Innercoastal Rocking at the iRock For Hunger Finals)On Tuesday, September 1st, the night was filled with a variety of music as four bands competed for a spot on the main stage at Rock For Hunger 4. The night opened with Innercoastal, who rocked Backbooth with their Reggae inspired music....

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Strong supporters of Rock For Hunger, Sam Davidson and Steven Mosely of Cool People Care, has released a new book on Social Media, entitled "Stories That Need Telling." I had the opportunity to peek at it this morning and found some really smart ideas and strategies to turbocharge your social...

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Rock For Hunger Fest 4 is quickly approaching and this year's event could not have been made possible without the people, volunteers, bands and sponsors that put in so much time, resources and effort to make it all go down to help the local Orlando community. Over the next few...

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We just learned of this great event and wanted to pass it along to our volunteers, staff and homeless friends. The Orange County Regional History Center is hosting an art exhibit featuring the work of children staying at the Coalition. The exhibit is called heART of the Homeless and will...

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We are very excited as we get closer to a joint event from Rock For Hunger and Somacow entitled the Cure For The Run. We are expecting a great crowd of families, community advocates, students and people from the Orlando community.For those that need a quick refresher on the event,...

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We are pleased to announce that we have confirmed Tomorrow's Bad Seeds for Rock for Hunger Fest 4. On October 10th, you will witness California reggae rock at its finest - straight from the five piece L.A. natives.The best thing about Tomorrow's Bad Seeds is their ability to bridge the...

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