Athens Foods4Life will host a songs and artwork pageant on the evening of April 17, and all the proceeds will reward the group.
The audio competition will demonstrate a lineup of area artists which include: Extra, 5 Gallon Stream, Demon Thoughts, Alien Funk Academy, Fungus, Every day Canine and The Loved ones Recipe.
Nick Puglisi, a senior majoring in administration facts methods and a member of Foodstuff4Life and the Bhakti Yoga Club, claimed all of the bands, apart from Day to day Pet dogs, are jam bands, which he characterizes as teams who exercise pure improvisation.
“With jam bands, there is generally one thing which is going to give you a sparkle in your eyes,” Puglisi stated. “It’s just the most in the existing instant way of taking part in and enduring audio.”
The doors will open at 2 p.m. and will close around 11:30 p.m. Each Foods4Life and the Bhakti Yoga Club will talk at the celebration.
The grill will open up from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will serve sizzling puppies, burgers, veggie burgers, chips, Gatorade, water and apples. The occasion is BYOB, and IDs will be checked at the door. Puglisi claimed parking is confined, so strolling is inspired.
Masks are expected at the event. There will be hand sanitizer and soaked wipes. There is a restricted ability of 200 to 300 folks, and tickets are initially come initially serve at the door.
Food stuff4Lives offers freshly cooked vegetarian foods and other essentials these types of as tents, tarps, sleeping bags, bug spray, sunscreen, canned goods and hygiene supplies to the unhoused communities of Athens. Just about every Sunday, Meals4Life visits about 10 distinct camps about Athens and serves about 75 to 100 men and women.
Jenna Dallow, a senior with a important in human advancement and family science, started out Foodstuff4Life Athens in June 2020 after volunteering for the organization in Atlanta. Dallow said she realized there was a require for the organization in Athens, and the pandemic gave her the time to plan out how she was likely to execute it.
“Once we begun in Athens, I grew so considerably closer to my community due to the fact I recognized how significantly of an affect we can have in it,” Dallow explained.
Dallow stated the function of the occasion is to reunite the community back together in a COVID-safe and sound way. She claimed it is crucial to elevate consciousness of all of the distinct companies in Athens, so folks can turn out to be more included in their neighborhood.
“When you are the giver, you actually grow to be the receiver. You increase in compassion, honesty and self-like,” Dallow claimed. “It really has just modified my outlook on the environment.”