Department of Cultural Affairs to Host Hurricane Relief Party Saturday, October 22, 2005 for Iowa’s Gulf States Relief Fund
Event: "Mardi Gras in the Museum"
Purpose: A Fundraiser for Hurricane Relief
Time: 6-10 p.m.
Date: Saturday, October 22, 2005
Location: State Historical Museum
Address: 600 E. Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa, 50319
(DES MOINES) – The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs will host a “Mardi Gras in the Museum” 6-10 p.m., Saturday, October 22, 2005 at the State Historical Museum. Proceeds from the event will go to Iowa’s Gulf States Relief Fund, with funds managed by the American Red Cross. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children, and include: food from Buzzard Billy’s, the Embassy Club and other Central Iowa restaurants; music from the Party Gras Classic Jazz Band and other musicians; beer, wine and soft drinks; and children’s activities. More details will be announced as they are developed.
This event grew out of the DCA’s desire to help raise funds for America’s gulf state’s cultural organizations, some of which were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Additional relief efforts for gulf state cultural organizations include:
· The Southern Arts Federation has established an Emergency Relief Fund to assist arts organizations and artists residing in those Gulf Coast communities most devastated by Hurricane Katrina. All funds collected by the Southern Arts Federation will be distributed through the state arts agencies of the affected states. Please visit www.southarts.org for more information.
· Americans for the Arts has established a permanent fund to provide timely financial assistance to victims of a major disaster for the purpose of helping them rebuild the arts in their community. One hundred percent of relief funds will be distributed directly to local arts agencies for the purpose of assisting with their own recovery and their provision of needed services and funding to nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists, as well as to other cultural relief efforts. Americans for the Arts is initiating this fund with a $100,000 contribution to immediately help those assisting with the recovery of their local arts agency or providing needed services and funding to local nonprofit arts groups and individual artists affected in the Gulf Coast states. Americans for the Arts has established this fund in response to the individuals and organizations who want to help local cultural organizations and artists affected by Hurricane Katrina and other disasters but do not know where to direct such donations. To make a contribution to the Emergency Relief Fund or to learn more about how to apply for financial assistance, visit www.AmericansFortheArts.org/EmergencyRelief, or call toll-free 866-471-2787 and ask for the Americans for the Arts Emergency Relief Fund.
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