Fundraising and Awareness Projects

The "We Are The World" song was sung by a group of musicians who formed an organization called United Support of Artists/USA in 1985.  By their performance and some merchandise, they raised over $60 million for Africa.  And the following year, the same group organized a project called Hands Across America, which raised $34 million for hunger and homelessness in the United States.  It must've been very interesting!  People formed a human chain by holding hands all across the USA, from New York to California.  [There were necessarily some gaps but in other spots the lines were 5-10 people deep.]  I think these events were both phenomenal!  The musicians were generous and they inspired the public to get involved and to be generous also.  *** Of course, there was the "We Are The World 25" project [25th-anniversary in 2010] for the benefit of the Haiti earthquake but it was a spin-off of the original project.  It didn't seem to be quite as successful financially, to my knowledge, but it was nice they tried.