I am not the only one who has an opinion about Rock4Life. Here’s what other students think:
Rochelle Sommer
As students in high school, our voices and opinions are not always the first to be heard, nor considered. We are looked at as young and naive by the majority of the population. Though some individuals fit this stereotype, a large number of us fill in the opposite blank. We can make a difference, and we do. On May 1, 2009, Thomas Dale High School’s orchestra is putting on an annual concert, called Rock 4 Life. This concert is dedicated to raise funds to help feed the needy and less fortunate people in our community of the Richmond area. Throughout the school year, we have been arranging a play-list of songs, and preparing for the logistics of our concert. In the last few years of our concert’s production, we have been very successful in raising both funds and awareness for our cause, which varies with each year. Currently, in the Richmond area alone, approximately forty percent of all children and families are living in poverty. This staggering number, reaching almost half of all inhabitants in Richmond, is a number that could be easily avoided. With the help of high school students, like myself and the others at my school, as well as all others willing to aid, we could drastically lower the number of people who suffer the pain of hunger.
Tags: aid, benefit, music, rock4life, Rock4life concert, students, thomas dale, world hunger
