"CELEBRATING LIFE,"A CONCERT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN & CHILDREN

CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM AND THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH PRESENT "CELEBRATING LIFE,"A CONCERT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN & CHILDREN
Manhattan's Congregation Rodeph Sholom and The Riverside Church are proud to jointly present Celebrating Life!, a concert to raise funds for the Project People Foundation (PPF) and the women and children of South Africa's townships.

PPF is a New York-based non-profit organization founded in 1995 that builds bridges between caring communities in the United States and women and students in South Africa. PPF is helping South Africans as they strive for economic independence and access to education despite the challenges of apartheid's legacy, AIDS and poverty.

The concert will be held on October 29, 2009 at Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83rd Street, Manhattan, starting at 6:30pm. It will feature a number of distinguished musical artists, among them Diana Solomon-Glover, noted soprano soloist at The Riverside Church, and Rebecca Garfein, Senior Cantor at Rodeph Sholom.

Tickets for the October 29 concert are either $36 for reserved seating or $18 for general admission, and are available on the Project People Foundation website at www.projectpeoplefoundation.org.
For more information contact: Cheryl Pollard, PPF Advisory Board Member ---212.870.6702
PPF is proud to welcome Dr. Leon Wessels as the Concert Honorary Patron. Dr. Wessels embodies the ideals and integrity of PPF. In 1999, Mr. Wessels was appointed by Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa as a Commissioner to the South African Human Rights Commission.

PPF launched its cross-country "Celebrating Life Concert Series" in 2007. The concerts bring people together to celebrate the diversity within their local communities, and to build bridges of hope and promise to the people of South Africa. Funds raised from these concerts help PPF to expand educational and job training programs for women and youth in the townships surrounding Johannesburg and Cape Town. Concerts held in Delray Beach, FL, in St. Louis, MO, and at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA have generated over $200,000 for PPF and its work. Past Honorary Chairs and Patrons have included such luminaries as journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault; former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis; and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa.