JCS PROMOTIONS presents CO3 & Letha

Proverbs 11:25

A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes other will himself be refreshed

We will be having a concert with proceeds benefiting the flood victims in Juarez Mexico who have been affected by the heavy rains of July, August and September 2006. This concert is scheduled for Saturday May 5, 2007 at the Cherokee County Rodeo Grounds at 7:00 pm. We will be distributing the tickets either as a $20.00 donation for 4 tickets (2 tickets going to the donor and 2 more tickets going to a family in need) or a $10.00 donation at the gate.

You ask: Why Juarez?

As you may know, the El Paso (Texas)/Juarez (Mexico) area was devastated by torrential rains during the months of July, August and September. Whereas, the residents of west Texas and southern New Mexico are receiving assistance from FEMA, the IRS, Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and countless other organizations and churches; the people of Juarez and the other communities in northern Mexico who were practically wiped out by the heavy down pours have very little assistance, mainly coming from churches and missionary groups based here in the U.S.

According to New Mexico State University’s news website Frontera NorteSur, “In Ciudad Juarez, about 5,000 homes were destroyed or damaged, while scores of schools, businesses and public places were similarly affected. In the rural Juarez Valley south of the city, more than 1,500 acres suffered crop damage, according to Mexican press reports. Gonzalo Bravo, spokesman for the binational, Ciudad Juarez-based Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) told Frontera NorteSur that about 50 percent of the existing paved roads in Ciudad Juarez were damaged. Ciudad Juarez’s poor neighborhoods, or colonias, which are often built in environmentally unsound zones prone to flooding, suffered the worst impact.”

Another news service reports that there was approximately 400 million dollars worth of damage done in Juarez alone and the Mexican government has pledged 35 million dollars worth of assistance. That’s less than 9% of the damage will be covered by the Mexican government. Most, if not all, of that money will be used to repair the streets and other government structures, little if any will go to the people who really need it.

We are holding this concert on this date with proceeds raised going to The Grace Christian Center in El Paso Texas, who in turn will distribute and use the money to benefit relief efforts in Juarez. We talked to Pastor Bobby Garcia of Grace C.C. and he told us of at least 40 families he knows of right off the top of his head, and there are hundreds more. He also told us of countless orphanages and churches in Juarez that are in desperate need of help. Pastor Garcia also informed us that it is hard to pass material items into Juarez due to Mexico’s import laws; therefore, it’s easier and more useful, to send money to the churches and ministries already established there.

For more information on this concert or our efforts, go to: http://www.jcspromotion.net

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