Artists Reach Out to Families in Need

[Walker, Texas Ranger]

Where and when will you find more than 55 local musicians and artists performing and showing their work? On May 31, from 1 – 9 p.m. at three sites, Miller Plaza, Waterhouse Pavilion, and Market Street Tavern, as part of the Give 5 fundraising event.

“This is our fifth large event using local performers to raise money for local families,” says Shawnessey Cargile, founder of Give 5. “We’ve had nine families helped overall and six of them were single mothers, five homeless. The mission of the event is to promote local musicians and artists from the area—not to use their talents to boast about themselves, but to use their talents to assist local people.”

Cargile held his first fundraising event in December of 2006. “Through my day job at Goodwill, I met a woman who was about to be homeless and we—my friend Stewart King and myself—decided to try to help. That first fundraising event wasn’t very successful,” he admits.

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