Branson Musicians Care
Benefit Concert March 10,2010
Helping the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile
Watch a clip of the concert
C.C. Porter's " Heart for Haiti" multi-act showcase
went off without a hitch in March of this year in Branson, Mo. Community For The World
( founded in 2003 by C.C. and Eddie Stovall, among others), produced the event and the
concert was a benefit for Convoy of Hope based in Springfield, Mo. Everyone had their
heart in the right place. Some 90 entertainers took the stage and the theatre was packed.
Thanks to the Hughes Family and all the others who volunteered their efforts.
We brought some relief to Haitians but they need help still today.
We turn our efforts now to the world organization Souls4Souls, based in Nashville.
They have been featured on Good Morning America. The organization supplies a pair of shoes
somewhere in the world every 9 seconds. Currently overwhelmed by need in Pakistan,
they continue to be active in Haiti, as well as Nashville and the Gulf Region.
Wherever a pair of shoes can bring a smile,
the group intends to do as much as they can worldwide to those in need.
They have distributed over 11,000,000 pairs to date.
They are launching a clothing program as well.
You can also go the
Convoy Of Hope or the Soles4souls
website to donate.
Listen to the song for soles: What can I do?
Heart for Haiti
PLAY
Thunder rolling under their feet
People screaming, streaming out into the street
Little children wandering all through the town
They were there when the buildings went down
Chorus: Come together, make it better
Rolling thunder deep in the earth
People are buried while mothers give birth
The earth did the choosing who lived, who died
The earth chose those who stayed behind and cried
Chorus: Come together, make it better
(Spoken word )Children: Haiti's people struggled first to be free
and live their lives with great dignity
Mothers and fathers and children like me
Living life with love in sheer poverty
Tell us, if you can, how does this feel?
We heard someone say it feels sadly surreal
Life as you kne w it, enveloped in pain
If there was ever a time to be born again
Chorus: Come together, Build it better
There's a building whisper in the slightest wind
We will do it, we'll start all over again
As a tribute to those with a faith so strong
that underground they had hope and tried to hold on.
Chorus: Come together. Build it better
We've heard people talking, questioning the cost
The real cost, of course, is the souls we have lost
Come together.....
What would it be like if we just did good
Saw where we're needed and did what we could
Rise up together now and lend us a hand
You know we're talking about your fellow man
Chorus: Come together, make it better
Thunder rolling under their feet
People screaming, streaming out into the street
Little children wandering all through the town
They were there when the buildings went down
Once in a while we can't look away
Look past despair like it's a regular day
Here's a chance for us all to be part of the story
Like Haiti was way-back, for you and for me
In the streets walking, you can still feel the love
You know it's connected to the Lord above
As a grace settles over what's left of what was
History records what humanity does
Come together
Artwork by Bobbie Laine
Prints available