Pearl Jam Aims to Help Veterans Through ‘Songbird Sings’
Military.com writes that “Pearl Jam is playing stadiums this summer and they stopped in Boston for two shows at Fenway Park on August 5th & 7th. The band’s Vitalogy Foundation donated $1 from each ticket sold to four non-profit charities in Massachusetts and a quarter of the take when to Songbird Sings Veterans Voices, a charity that works with veterans who suffer from trauma, addiction, and post traumatic stress.”
“PJ broke attendance records at the Boston Red Sox stadium, selling 72,722 tickets over the two- night stand. That created donations of $18,180.50 for each of the four non-profits. Veterans Voices will also received additional support from the Foundation To Be Named Later (FTBNL), a charitable fund created by Paul Epstein, a Boston-area social worker, and his twin brother, former Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein (a/k/a the man who ended. the Curse of the Bambino). Paul’s still in Boston, but Theo is bringing the magic to Chicago now as the Cubs president of baseball operations.”