Going on five years, the Cheerwine soft drink has teamed up with The Avett Brothers to try to do some good.

Cheerwine is a 99-year-old soda still crafted by the same founding family in Salisbury, NC. The Avett Brothers are a folk-Americana band with an honest sound who also come from NC -- Concord, to be precise.

The Legendary Giveback benefit concert series is so important to Cheerwine and The Avett Brothers because it allows us to bring the spotlight to national and local charities that mean something to us. 

Since 2012, we've raised over $200,000 for many charities through concert ticket sales. To purchase tickets to this year's show at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center on 11/19/16, click here.

But this year, we want to give back even more. That's where we need your help.

What We Need & What You Get

Ticket sales only generate so much. That's where you come in. Our goal this year is to raise additional funds outside of ticket sales to support Wags & Wishes, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Hungry For Music.

YOUR Impact

• 100% of all concert and Indiegogo funds will be distributed evenly between the three charities.
  



Wags & Wishes is located in Cambridge Maryland. Our mission is to work with animal control and shelters in the Delmarva area. We will take adoptable dogs & puppies that have been abandoned/without owners and will have them health checked, spayed or neutered and find them homes.

"As an animal lover, I have always helped homeless animals. I was able to turn my passion into starting this rescue and helping so many wonderful dogs find forever homes has exceeded my dreams." -Founder, Lori Gardiner


A $1 donation helps feed one dog.
A $7 donation helps vaccinate two dogs.
A $30 donation helps heart-worm test one dog.
A $50 donation helps towards the neutering of one dog.
A $85 donation helps towards spaying one dog.
A $450 donation helps treat two heart-worm positive dogs.


As an all-volunteer group, know that 100% of your donations will be used for the care of the dogs in the Wags & Wishes rescue.


Jenni was rescued during her pregnancy. She and her pups now have loving homes thanks to Wags & Wishes!

Unlike any other hospital, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from individual contributions. Thanks to generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude.


A $3 donation can provide pediatric isolation masks.
A $10 donation can provide a new toy for play areas.
A $22 donation can provide rehabilitation weights.
A $30 donation can provide a daily meal card.


St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was founded in Memphis, Tenn. by entertainer Danny Thomas and opened in 1962. We freely share our discoveries to help doctors and scientists at local hospitals, clinics and cancer centers around the world treat childhood cancer. So when you support St. Jude, you help improve the quality of care for children everywhere.

                

                             St. Jude patient Bryce, sickle cell disease


                                  St. Jude patient Scott, bone cancer


For more than 50 years, St. Jude has a history of taking on many of the most difficult and underserved pediatric diseases. On average, St. Jude sees 7,800 children a year from throughout the United States and from around the world, while many more children are seen at the eight St. Jude affiliate hospitals.

Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened more than 50 years ago and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. And thanks to generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital our mission is clear: Finding cures. Saving children. We treat children from all 50 states and around the world.  Our founder, Danny Thomas, was a visionary who had a dream: “no child should die in the dawn of life.” Consistent with his vision, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

Hungry for Music is based in Washington, DC. Our mission is putting musical instruments into hungry hands. We serve children who demonstrate a desire to learn music, as well as teachers who have students willing to learn. Our vision is to facilitate the donation of musical instruments to all those who wish to play. Giving the gift of music has the potential to change lives!

A $1 donation helps purchase guitar picks.
A $7 donation helps purchase 2 recorders.
A $30 donation helps refurbish and ship one instrument to a child.
A $50 donation helps purchase an acoustic guitar.
An $85 donation helps purchase a djembe drum.
A $450 donation helps purchase an alto saxophone.

Since 1994, we've donated over 9,000 instruments in 47 states and 17 countries in 22 years.


Over the past several years, we have experienced a growing demand for our service. With that growing demand comes a need for additional funding to cover the increased costs of instrument repair and refurbishing, as well as packing, shipping and delivery.


Our work is 100% supported by donations. Whether through monetary donations, instrument donations, or our network of volunteers, we couldn’t do what we do without the generosity of others.

We believe that by sharing instruments and musical experiences, children who would not normally have the opportunity can experience a kind of freedom and self-discovery that is often stifled in an atmosphere of economic hardship.  All of our events, benefits, instrument drives, and CD production are aimed at uplifting lives and enriching culture at-large by supporting the availability of music education.




Special thanks to our partners:

                 


Wicomico Youth & Civic Center, Salisbury MD


Outback Concerts, Nashville TN