To celebrate International Adoption Month, The Long Center for the Performing Arts has scheduled a concert celebration called Adoption Rocks! It’s a benefit for a Texas organization, Gladney Center for Adoption, that’s been providing adoption services for over 100 years.

This event was inspired by an Austin family’s adoption of their Ethiopian daughter last year. The family’s friends hosted a small live concert last November to raise money for the Ethiopian orphanage. It was such a great event, the organizers decided to do it again this year, only larger, and benefiting the Gladney Center, which is a licensed, not-for-profit agency that has been creating bright futures through adoption since 1889, and has become a global leader in providing adoption services.

If you haven’t seen it yet, this YouTube makes a great case for supporting the event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0txt3snGbk

COME JOIN US! Here’s how…

The event is November 13th at 7:30pm or 9:30pm, featuring Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, John Pointer and the Sangra del Sol Dance Troupe.

Tickets are $100 apiece, $50 of which is tax-deductible. There’s also a silent auction and a cash bar.

Seating is limited. To buy tickets, click on the desired show time link below and enter the promotional code “ADOPTIONROCKS” (all caps)
7:30 pm link = http://budurl.com/adopt1
9:30 pm link = http://budurl.com/adopt2

The organizers are doing all the promotion for this event through word-of-mouth and social media to save on overhead. Please feel free to borrow anything in this post and spread it throughout your social networks.

The Do512 link is http://do512.com/event/105383

The Facebook Fan Page is http://budurl.com/adoptfb