Did you know that Team Up for Nonprofits turned three years old on May 27th?

We are past our terrible twos and have really grown up, thanks to our incredible supporters. We’re making a real difference in our community, and in honor of our third birthday we’re asking that you help make our wish come true.

When we blew out our candles, we wished for a future where nonprofits achieve their missions, supported by a new generation of engaged and committed philanthropists. We’re well on our way, but we still need your support.

The goal? $5,000 in 11 days.

Last year we had over 60 nonprofits apply to partner with us to help them raise awareness and capacity for their causes. For our birthday we are raising funds on rally.org to expand our Gigs4Good programming in order to help more of those nonprofits and make our next three years even better.

Help us continue our mission of making philanthropy accessible to people of all ages through the power of music and social media. In our three years we’ve already accomplished a lot:

• 15 Gigs4Good concerts
• Sold 3,610 tickets
• Raised $57,700
• Given a stage and an audience to over 55 local music groups and 10 nonprofits and helped grow their social media following

Some of our nonprofit alumni include:

• One Day’s Wages, who took the $2,500we raised and turned it into clean water for 3,000 people for an entire year
• Rainier Valley Food Bank, who transformed each $20 Gigs4Good ticket into $240 worth of food

We are volunteer-led organization, and like any savvy startup we are conscious about keeping our expenses low so that every dollar donated not only helps us, but helps nonprofits, local musicians, vendors, and everyone in the Team Up family.

You’re already family. Join the party. Help make our birthday wish come true! www.rally.org/teamupbirthday

Ok, ok. We sound like a broken record, but are you aware of how much talent there is in our local music scene? This weekend’s free Folklife Festival is the perfect opportunity for you to dig into the tunes of dozens of Seattle-based artists. The Folklife Festival has taken over the Seattle Center with music, arts, dance and stories every year since 1971. They’re also a nonprofit.

This year, Team Up for Nonprofits is co-presenting the Indie Roots program at Folklife, which features a tasty sampling of artists and a super-cool MC (a musician himself).

You’ll want to be at the Fountain Lawn Stage starting at 1 pm on Saturday to check this out:

• 1:05 – 1:35 Brad Loomis http://www.bradfordloomis.com/
• 1:50 – 2:20 St Paul Devance http://stpauldevence.bandcamp.com/
• 2:35 – 3:10 Song Sparrow Research http://songsparrowresearch.bandcamp.com/
• 3:25 – 3:55 Shelby Earl http://www.shelbyearl.com/

MC: Tony Kevin, Jr. http://www.reverbnation.com/tonykevinjr

Folklife Festival = free fun here at home. When you’re there, and thinking about how much you appreciate the rich cultural and music experience, consider taking action to keep Folklife around. Visit here to learn how you can support Folklife with a donation from your mobile phone.

We’ll see you all Saturday. In the mean time, check out Brad Loomis playing last summer’s Gigs4Good for Rainier Valley Food Bank:

It’s time to ROCK – Gigs4Good style! Join us on Thursday, June 27th at Chop Suey on Capitol Hill to celebrate and support Rain City Rock Camp for Girls. 

Rain City Rock Camp for Girls is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to building positive self-esteem in girls and encouraging creative expression through music. Rain City Rock Camp for Girls offers music education programs that provide girls with an opportunity to participate in an environment that fosters leadership, encourages social change, and cultivates a supportive community of female peers and mentors.

The organization’s most popular program is the Rain City Rock Camp for Girls Summer Camp, which is a day camp for girls ages 8-17. Girls come for a weeklong crash course in playing an instrument, songwriting, empowerment workshops, DIY promotion and more! At the end of the week, campers get to perform their original song with their band at a local live music venue.

The upcoming Gigs4Good is a one-of-a-kind show that will feature performances from:

• **a secret female headliner to be confirmed on May 29th when tickets go on sale**
• Deep Sea Diver
• The Redwood Plan
• The Local Strangers
• Cumulus
• Naomi Wachira
• Betsy Olson

Tickets go on sale next Wednesday, May 29th, at 10 a.m. PT. We’ll also announce the secret headliner that day!

Get a reminder about the tickets going on sale by RSVPing to our Facebook event page or signing up for our newsletter.

Tickets $20 / 21+
Doors 7:30 pm PT
Chop Suey (1325 E Madison St Seattle, WA 98122)

We stop, smile and dance when we think about the fantastic music and all the love in the room at the May Gigs4Good benefiting One Day’s Wages. Together, we helped raise money to support ODW’s Clean Water Fund  and provide clean water to developing nations.

And that deserves a big THANK YOU!

• Thank you to our Gigs4Good sponsor, Greenpoint Technologies for covering the administrative costs of this show so that more money can go to One Day’s Wages.
• Thank you to the incredible talents of Theoretics, Fly Moon Royalty and Hot Bodies in Motion for providing the jams that kept us moving and the Columbia City Theater bumping all night! And to Marco Collins for truly being the host with the most!
• Thank you to our partners Apes on Tape, Seismic Sound and ABC Imaging for helping us get the word out for this amazing show and cause!
• And Thank You (yes you)  for coming to the show, donating, live streaming, re-tweeting and all the other stuff you do to show your support for Team Up and our amazing non-profit partners!

Don’t forget to check us out on social media or sign up for our e-newsletter to receive the inside scoop on upcoming shows!

Photos courtesy of Jason Tang Photography  

Do you think you can make a difference with a Tweet? We do!  Team Up invites you to join our #TweetMob Monday, May 6 between 6pm and 6:30pm PT on Twitter. If you haven’t heard of our TweetMob before, think of it as a Flash Mob where we all get to take over Twitter for half an hour (dancing is optional) to create buzz for the upcoming #Gigs4Good.  Let’s spread awareness about One Day’s Wages and the Gigs4Good program through the power of social media.

The DETAILS

During a TweetMob we share about everyone involved with Gigs4Good.  Proceeds from this benefit show will go directly to One Day’s Wages and their great work to provide clean water and sanitation to those living in extreme poverty. One ticket purchased provides clean water to 15 people for one year. A sold out show would provide clean water to 7,500 people for one year.

Don’t miss the show this Thursday!  Grab tickets and prepare to jam to incredible local talents Theoretics, Fly Moon Royalty and Hot Bodies in Motion with MC, Marco Collins, local radio legend.  Shout out to our Gigs4Good sponsor, Greenpoint Technologies.  Greenpoint is covering the administrative costs of this show so that more money can go to One Day’s Wages. They’re amazingly cool, and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts.

All you have to do to participate is post Tweets that elevate and celebrate Gigs4Good!  We’ve provided Click-to-Tweet links below, but if you’re feeling crafty, post an original tweet using the #Gigs4Good and #TweetMob hashtags. Every Tweet, reTweet or Facebook share, will bring good to our community - YOU do make a difference, so join our mob, connect for a cause and share a Tweet!

The DIGITS

Twitter:  @OneDaysWages  |  @TeamUp4NonProf   |  @ColumbiaTheater  |  @GreenpointTech  |  @TheoreticsMusic  |  @FlyMoonRoyalty  |  @HotBodiesBand |  @SeismicSounds1  |  @NotMarcoCollins
Facebook: facebook.com/TeamUpForNonprofits | facebook.com/OneDaysWages
Tags:  #Gigs4Good  |  #TweetMob
Popular Links:  Detailed announcement http://bit.ly/G4G15b  |  YouTube playlist featuring artists’ music videos http://bit.ly/G4G15yt  |  Spotify playlist featuring artists’ albums http://bit.ly/G4G15s

The DIRECTIONS

How to use Click-to-Tweet:  If you are logged into Twitter, simply click one of the links below and a Tweet will appear. Hit send and pat yourself on the back for making a difference in the nonprofit community – Team Up, One Day’s Wages and our Seattle artists thank you!

Help me make a difference with a Tweet tonight! Join @TeamUp4NonProf’s #TweetMob for @OneDaysWages http://bit.ly/G4G15tm #Gigs4Good

.@OneDaysWages is a movement of people, stories, actions to alleviate extreme global poverty bit.ly/G4G15d #Gigs4Good #TweetMob

Want to give back to the community? Grab ticket to @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good Thursday @ColumbiaTheater! bit.ly/G4G15t #TweetMob

Put on your dancing shoes this Thursday for @TeamUp4NonProf’s #Gigs4Good! Hip-hop + soul + good cause bit.ly/G4G15t #TweetMob

Together we can raise funds for @OneDaysWages. Donate to @TeamUp4NonProf’s 5/9 #Gigs4Good bit.ly/G4G15t #TweetMob

Love indie music, local nonprofits, philanthropy? Watch @TeamUp4NonProf’s 5/9 #Gigs4Good live bit.ly/G4GLive #TweetMob

Good cause, good people, good music bit.ly/G4G15t Let’s bring awareness to @OneDaysWages! #Gigs4Good #TweetMob

Learn more about @TeamUp4NonProf’s #Gigs4Good nonprofit partner, @OneDaysWages bit.ly/G4G15d #TweetMob 

Good to hear @GreenpointTech is sponsoring  @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good for @OneDaysWages bit.ly/G4G15sp #TweetMob

Music blog, @SeismicSound1 has partnered with @TeamUp4NonProf in support of 5/9 #Gigs4Good bit.ly/Yn3IGg #TweetMob

Each #Gigs4Good ticket brings 15 people clean water for 1 year! Join @TeamUp4NonProf @OneDaysWages 5/9 bit.ly/G4G15t #TweetMob

Watching @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good YouTube playlist w/ Seattle artists @HotBodiesBand @FlyMoonRoyalty bit.ly/G4G15yt #TweetMob

I’m attending @TeamUp4NonProf’s #Gigs4Good 5/9 @ColumbiaTheater w/ @TheoreticsMusic @FlyMoonRoyalty + bit.ly/G4G15t #TweetMob

Support Seattle nonprofit community – @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good 5/9 benefitting @OneDaysWages bit.ly/G4G15t #TweetMob

Loving this #Gigs4Good Spotify playlist w/ @TheoreticsMusic @HotBodiesBand – Check it out bit.ly/G4G15s #TweetMob

Heard of Seattle hip-hop artists @TheoreticsMusic? They give back to nonprofit community bit.ly/G4G15t #TweetMob #Gigs4Good

Seattle’s radio legend @NotMarcoCollins is MC at 5/9 #Gigs4Good w/ @TeamUp4NonProf @OneDaysWages bit.ly/YQQMU2 #TweetMob

It is our pleasure to introduce Greenpoint Technologies—our May Gigs4Good sponsor!

Greenpoint has donated the dollars to make this Thursday’s show happen, so more money from your tickets and donations can go to One Day’s Wages. This is the type of generosity and connection to community that Team Up celebrates—and we thank Greenpoint from the bottom of our hearts.

So who is Greenpoint Technologies? They’re a Kirkland-based company that provides interiors for Boeing Business Jets that service VIP, corporate, government, commercial and head-of-state clients. Take a moment to check out their cool designs on their website. Even cooler, they embrace philanthropy and encourage volunteerism with their employees to give back to
our local community.

Our May Gigs4Good show is not the first time Greenpoint stretched their philanthropic muscles this year. In April, Greenpoint employees, alongside their families and friends, partnered with Rebuilding Together Seattle for the annual Spring Rebuilding Day (also known as National Rebuilding Day). This was Greenpoint’s sixth year rolling up their sleeves to replace kitchen appliances, dry-wall, paint, clean and spruce up the yard for a local homeowner in need.

Let’s show our appreciation for Greenpoint’s innovative business and big heart! Take a peek at their website and follow them on social media.

• Greenpoint on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Greenpnt
• Greenpoint on Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenpointtech
• Greenpoint’s Website: http://www.greenpnt.com/

And, don’t forget to join Greenpoint employees at the show. It’s this Thursday!

Grab tickets and prepare to jam to incredible local talents Theoretics, Fly Moon Royalty and Hot Bodies in Motion. Proceeds from this Gigs4Good will go directly to One Day’s Wages and their great work to provide clean water and sanitation to those living in extreme poverty.

Greenpoint’s Spring Rebuilding Day Project (front yard before and after):

Marco Collins – Courtesy of Seattle Weekly

Team Up is very excited to announce that Marco Collins, Seattle’s radio guide to the grunge era, is lending his legendary voice and personality to our May 9 Gigs4Good benefiting One Days Wages!

Marco earned a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work on 107.7 The End during the 90’s, credited with helping jump start the careers of Beck, The Presidents of the United States of America, Foo Fighters and Death Cab for Cutie, among others. Over the years, he’s stayed on the cutting edge of music, hosting radio shows in California and contributing to music programming on VH1.

He’s back in Seattle and holding down gigs as an on-air host at KEXP, music director at Jet City Stream and music programmer at Slacker.com. Long story short, Marco knows Seattle, and he knows music. Don’t miss your opportunity to see the man behind the mic, groove to amazing local artists and give back to our May Gigs4Good non-profit partner One Day’s Wages!

Here are three things to do right now:

1. Follow Marco on Twitter for daily insights from the “music junkie”
2. Check out Gigs4Good artists Theoretics, Hot Bodies in Motion and Fly Moon Royalty
3. Buy your Tickets TODAY!

The show is only two weeks away and every ticket counts: One ticket purchased provides clean water to 15 people for one year. A sold out show would provide clean water to 7,500 people for one year.

Buy your ticket now—like right now—and bring a friend. You’ll need someone by your side to bask in the goodness of the night and pick your face off the floor after you’ve danced it off.

Do you know how much water you use every day? Most of us don’t know because we enjoy unlimited access. Take a moment to consider how we use water in our daily lives: wake up with a sip from the nightstand water glass, take a shower, brush your teeth, use the toilet, make coffee, wash dishes, drink maybe seven more glasses throughout the day, use the toilet a few more times, throw in a load of laundry, boil some pasta, water the garden… and BAM! You’ve used 300 gallons of water.

It’s clear that clean water is essential to most aspects of our daily routine and critical to our overall health and well-being. Yet consider these statistics:

• 780 million people – or one in nine people across the globe– lack access to clean water.
• More than 2.5 billion don’t have access to a toilet.
• There are 3.4 million deaths worldwide every year due to water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes
• 84% of those deaths are children due to water-borne microbes that cause diarrheal diseases such as cholera.

Imagine having to choose between taking that shower and drinking a glass of water, or being forced to rely on unsafe water sources that have been contaminated by raw sewage or a nearby dump. This is a struggle that millions of people deal with every single day.

Our nonprofit partner, One Day’s Wages (ODW), is using their inspiring mission to raise funds  toward carefully vetted global partnerships that get clean water to those who need it most. Through their Water Fund, ODW has granted over $150,000 for clean water projects in seven countries, impacting over 20,000 people

There is more work to be done. The good news is you can help – and dance your face off at the same time! Grab tickets to our next Gigs4Good  show on May 9^th and rock out to some incredible local talent like Fly Moon Royalty and Hot Bodies in Motion. Proceeds from this Gigs4Good will go directly to One Day’s Wages, which will help to fund their partners and the great work to provide clean water and sanitation to those living in extreme poverty.

Ah, water. A necessary and refreshing resource that we Americans are so lucky to have access to at the turn of a knob. However, the reality is that nearly 900 million people around the world do not have access to clean water. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.

Don’t let this get you down because we can all pitch in and help change these staggering statistics by supporting Seattle-based nonprofit One Day’s Wages and the great work they do.

Join us on May 9 at the historic Columbia City Theater for the next Gigs4Good show, an event to support One Day’s Wages’ mission to provide clean water to developing nations. The show will feature music from Seattle soul and hip hop artists Theoretics, Hot Bodies in Motion and Fly Moon Royalty.

One Day’s Wages (ODW) is a new grassroots movement of people, stories, and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty. Their name was inspired by their vision that simply donating one day’s worth of your wages can significantly contribute to a cause. Since 2009, ODW has grown its reach to promote awareness of global poverty issues and support relief efforts through partnerships with smaller organizations in developing regions. Team Up is honored to work with such a successful local nonprofit contributing to positive global change.

Tickets for this Gigs4Good go on sale next Tuesday, March 26 for $20 each. Sign up for our e-newsletter to receive a reminder and a link to the ticket page. Your ticket purchase or donation will go towards ODW’s efforts to provide clean water to people who are struggling to survive.

For more information on ODW’s innovative and world-changing work, connect with them on Facebook and Twitter. Don’t miss your chance to get down with this cause and some local beats! We’ll see you on May 9th.

The SXSW Music conference kicks off today, as many of you already know. But are you drowning in the SXSW Music media saturation? Narrowing down the bevy of updates can be challenging…exhausting even. Why not get updates from an outlet that speaks your language? As with most things, we recommend going local.

Here’s a few of Team Up’s Pacific Northwest favorites for staying on top of SXSW music events both near and far:

Apes on Tape

Apes on Tape is a music blog founded in 2009 and has ties up and down the West Coast, from Seattle to Portland to San Francisco. It is dedicated to shining the spotlight on talented independent musicians, covering news for PNW artists as well as national acts. This year at SXSW Music, Apes on Tape is bringing more attention to the music fruitfulness of our area by hosting its Cascadia showcase this Saturday, March 16. The showcase will feature Gigs4Good alumni Ivan & Alyosha, Lemolo, and Ravenna Woods as well as Kithkin, Parenthetical Girls and Brainstorm.

Blog: http://apesontape.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apesontape
Twitter: https://twitter.com/apesontape

SSG Music

With a steady stream of broad music news across indie and mainstream — pop, rock and hip hop — SSG will have an army of writers on the ground at SXSW Music this year. Their coverage is sure to shine a spotlight on PNW artists as well as highlight possibly new-to-you bands and musicians from across the country.

Blog: http://www.ssgmusic.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SSGMusicMag
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSGMusic

KEXP

Always a great music resource, especially during SXSW, KEXP will broadcast live from Mellow Johnny’s in Austin starting this Wednesday, March 13. Iron & Wine, Wild Cub, The Zombies, and Telekinesis, among other artists, will play live sets. You can listen any time via KEXP.org or its sponsor TuneIn.

Blog: http://kexp.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kexp.fm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kexp

Happy SXSW Music week. Let us know your favorite new artist discovered via SXSW (and hopefully via one of these great PNW resources). Go #upperleft!