The 2008 Blues Over Africa Benefit will be held at the Irish Heritage Club in Avon Lake, Ohio on Sunday April 13th this year. It will still feature the hardest working band in northeast Ohio, "Collin Dussalt's Blues Project. Collin's band van was spotted on the road somewhere on the west side of Cleveland and suburbs back in 2006. Rae Van De Motter, an RN in the pharmacy for 3 years with OMNI in Zambia, called the number and asked a question, "Would you be interested in doing a benefit concert for an organization that helps the orphans in the copper belt of Zambia?" Collin replied,"Is it anything like what I saw in the movie, 'The Constant Gardener?'" Rae said, "Absolutely! It's just like that." Collin was moved by the movie and wanted to help in some way. Little did he know that a woman he did not know would call him up the same week and aske that simple question.
This is the third year for the benefit and Collin has played all 3 years. He has been very gracious and the people who have seen this concert went away knowing that they had helped in some small way, the orphans of Zambia.
As I said, Rae was with OMNI, that's Orphan Medical Network International. You can see what they are all about at www.orphanmedical.net.
There will be door prizes, raffles, and an auction. All proceeds will go to help support OMNI in Zambia. They have an education program, a feeding program, a building program, and a medical program that need our support.
Hope to see you all there! God bless.
Patrick Van De Motter
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