Causecast

by James Sutandyo

I just wanted to invite everyone to one of our new productions, A Cause for Comedy, benefitting NextAid on June 11th!  It’s a monthly show that we’re holding at The Hollywood Improv, putting together some funny comedians and featuring a different Causecast nonprofit every month.  We’d love it if we saw you AT the show, but if you can’t be there you can still tune in LIVE and FREE from our livestream on the night of.  If you’re in town on the night of the show you can buy tickets for $10, $20, or $50… depending on how generous you’re feeling… since NextAid receives 100% of the net proceeds.

Feel free to grab our press release below!

——————————————

LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2009) – On Thursday, June 11th, Causecast will officially launch A CAUSE FOR COMEDY, a live-streamed monthly comedy series, partnering top nonprofits from the Causecast community with a rotating slate of comedians, all to raise funds and awareness for worthwhile causes.

The June 11th show will take place at the world-famous Hollywood Improv, with 100% net proceeds from ticket sales benefiting global nonprofit NextAid. In addition to host Ben Morrison (Punk’d), this month’s line-up includes Dan Levy (Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend,” “Chelsea Lately,” “The Late Late Show”), Bryan Callen (“MADtv,” “Sex and The City”), the beautiful Whitney Cummings (“Chelsea Lately,” HBO’s “Down and Dirty,” “Made of Honor”), Daryl Wright, and a musical act by J Chris Newberg.

Local Los Angeles residents are encouraged to buy tickets to the show at The Improv. Ticket buyers will be able to choose between $10, $20, and $50 tickets. The only difference between the tickets is how much benefit NextAid receives. Those not able to attend in person can watch A CAUSE FOR COMEDY LIVE and FREE via Stickam at ACauseForComedy.org. From the site, viewers will also have the ability to donate to NextAid, learn more about the comedians, and sign up for the newsletter to find out about future A CAUSE FOR COMEDY shows.

About NextAid

NextAid is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization committed to developing and implementing innovative solutions to the challenges facing African children.

Proceeds from A CAUSE FOR COMEDY are going toward NextAid’s pilot project, the building of a community center and children’s residential village in Dennilton, an impoverished and AIDS-affected community in rural South Africa. The center will not only provide much needed shelter and care for 30 children but will also provide for hundreds of other children, teens and adults in the community with after-school programs and economic enterprise opportunities. NextAid broke ground in 2005 working with green builders and ecological architects and has since completed 16 structures, with a goal to complete the entire project in time for the World Cup in 2010. You can see NextAid’s work http://nextaid.org/photogallery.htm

About Causecast

Based on the understanding that all causes are inherently connected, we believe global change must be achieved through collaboration and individual action. Causecast is an online global community and social action network that connects, promotes and empowers individuals, businesses and nonprofits with resources and groundbreaking tools that transform interest into action, directly influencing positive change. By measuring our progress, we will have an increasingly large impact on the course of history. Join us at Causecast.org