Event Safety Insights Issue Two | Winter 2016 | Page 38

Just A Bunch Of Roadies... Non-Profit Spotlight Editors note: Is your non-profit focused on creating a safer live event industry? Let us know at [email protected] Just a Bunch of Roadies (http:// justabunchofroadies.org) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to utilize the skills, assets, relationships, determination and compassion of those working in the touring music industry in order to execute humanitarian based projects domestically and internationally. Just a Bunch of Roadies responds to specific project-based needs in a collaborative and efficient manner with companies and individuals in the music industry and in tandem with other NPO/NGO’s in order to broaden their efforts and reach. Our objective is to inspire the new vanguard of young industry professionals to pick up the torch lit by those who paved the way for all of us. As roadies, we travel the world moving giant cities, leaving nothing behind but a memory. Let’s instead leave a house, a clinic, a hospital, a laughing healthy baby that might grow up and change the world one day. In the past year, with the generous help from all our companies, Just A Bunch of Roadies has continued with our mission to try to make a difference. Some of our recent projects include: Creating several services projects in conjunction with events and touring personnel, such as we did with Eddie Kercher in Atlanta on his Incubus/ Deftones Tour in August. The roadies volun38