Yes Announce Partial Benefit Show
10/28/2008
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(PR) With the eagerly anticipated 30-city "In the Present" tour getting underway Nov. 4 in Ontario, band members Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Alan White of YES have agreed to donate a portion of proceeds from their Nov. 23 concert at Albany's Times Union Center to Stride Adaptive Sports.
The volunteer, non-profit organization provides more than 3,500 adaptive sport and recreation lessons annually to children and individuals with special needs with 200 instructors serving 850 families, offering free programs in 15 different activities and locations. Stride is an affiliate member of Disabled Sports USA, Professional Ski Instructors of America and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors; and an official Red Cross Provider.
The members of YES will donate $10 from every $38.50 ticket sold to Stride for their Fourth Annual Wounded Warrior Snowsports Event, with 15 members of the armed forces who have sustained permanent injuries during their service brought to the Albany area on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 for a weekend of Adaptive Skiing and Snowboarding at Jiminy Peak, Mountain Resort.
All funds from ticket sales will go directly to cover the cost of transportation, lodging, food, clothing, entertainment and gifts for the Wounded Warriors and their families.
The event will open at Michael's Banquet House in Latham, N.Y., with dinner and entertainment on Feb. 27, 2009, with tickets available for $30 to the public. For more information on the event, visit Stride's website at www.stride.org. To purchase tickets to the YES concert, contact Katie Moshier at the Stride offices in Rensselaer, N.Y., at [email protected].
"We are delighted to lend our hand to this very worthy organization," said the band. "We are glad to do what we can to support the officers and soldiers who have sacrificed so much to defend their country."
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