Make A Difference 2010
Friday March 5th, 2010
El Riad Shrine

The "Thank Yous" Begin!

A hearty "FINS UP!" goes out to the students of Lynne Hawk who provided some community service from Whittier Middle School by putting together our MAD 2010 beads and leis! Thanks for the terrific help kids! It was much appreciated... and you helped "MAKE A DIFFERENCE!"

About the Bands
This year "Make A Difference" is proud to announce TWO bands for the event! Back to headline this year is "A1A" from Atlanta, Georgia. "A1A" is the country's only tribute band officially endorsed by Jimmy Buffett and they are looking forward to once again helping us to
"Party with a Purpose!"

And this year, we are also pleased to announce the addition of "Cruize Control." These guys are out of Missouri and are currently getting a lot of buzz on the Midwest Parrot Head Circuit. We're excited that they are joining the MAD line-up!

Click Here for More Info on Cruize Control

About the Venue

For more information about the El Riad Shrine Auditorium, directions to the venue, plus information on all the great work that the Sioux Falls
Shriners do for children, go to their website at http://www.elriad.com!

Event FAQ

Some frequently asked questions... and answers from "Pirate Rick"

Why are we even doing this? Isn't PHoP a social club?
Yes we are primarily a social club...at least nationally. However we try living the motto of "Partying with a Purpose". In the past we have piggy backed on someone else's efforts like the Mall Walk and Mall Golf coming up. Now we like doing these things...they are easy and require little effort. However we wanted to have One major event that the Parrot Heads of the Prairie put on. We also wanted to make it an annual event with the hope that it would grow every year.

How did you guys decide on the Charities?
Believe it or not, we sometimes have difficulty finding a charity that wants us to help out. Some very nice folks are concerned with our "Party" atmosphere and do not want to offend any current major sponsors. That's ok. However it limits us a little.

Also we needed to find a charity who would actually work the night of the event as we do not want to. We will do all the preliminary work but the charities will be manning things the night of the event. So it will be the charity volunteers taking tickets etc...so we can have beer, and display our awesome moves on the dance floor that tend to get better and bolder as the night goes on.

We have 3 goals for our event.
1 - Promote community knowledge of Camp M.A.S.H. and Camp Gilbert. (This helps when you are seeking sponsors and if they do say no....we still achieved goal #1!)
2 - Raise funds for the Charities.
3 - Promote a sense of social responsibility (Party with a Purpose). Who knows maybe someone at the dance will volunteer for one of these organizations or join our club.

How are the fund raised going to be split with the charities and what are they going to do with the money?
Camp M.A.S.H. and Camp Gilbert have agreed to split the funds evenly regardless of which charity secures more sponsors.


How much money do you think we will raise?
Last year we hoped to raise somewhere between three to six thousand dollars and did much, much better than we had hoped, bringing in close to thirteen thousand dollars! We hope to be able to pull that off again... but we need your help!