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What is The Michigan Vet Fest and What does it Stand for?
The Michigan Vet Fest or Michigan Veterans Festival is a Benefit Concert that is held every year to raise money for Veteran's Haven which is an Outreach Center located in Wayne, MI that provides Programs and Assistance to Veterans In Need.
Did you know?
There are aprox 3,600 HOMELESS VETERAN'S IN THE METRO DETROIT AREA ALONE, and hundreds more who are in need of assistance in various ways.
The Michigan Vet Fest is a group in the Detroit area Raising money for Veterans in need.
The 3rd Annual Michigan Vet Fest
In conjunction with
The 2nd Annual Michigan Ave Cruise
Saturday, July 11, 2009 From 10AM
Hosted this year by The Elks Club Post 1945
25000 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI
(between Telegraph and Gulley on the North side of Michigan Ave)
All the fun starts at 10:00 A.M. and into the night. Tons of live music, thousands of classic cars, children's activities, vendors, sponsor tables, guest appearances, and much more!
100 % of the proceeds go directly to an organization in Wayne Michigan called “Veteran's Haven†They use those proceeds and other donations to directly assist homeless Veterans, and other Veterans. They provide food, shelter , clothing, counseling and more to them all year around.
Check out their website:
Veteran's Haven Inc(Click Here)
4924 S.Wayne Rd, Wayne , Michigan,48184
Ph. (734) 728-0527
Everyone works for free in the spirit of the Fest , including these fine local musicians.
Performing Our National Anthem:
KRISTINA AUSTIN SCARCELLI
"Mrs. Michigan, United States 2006"
Our Current Line Up
Ashley Allyson
The Lemon James Band
Johni D and the Mystery Train
Hardline Drive
The Trisha D. Project
Sweet Crystal
Arlen, formerly of Salem Witchcraft
April Gibson
The Pat Zelenka Project
Mule Drive
Romeo's Revival
Doc Killian
Sweet Crystal
Cry Eloise
2 Days Out
Fatt Lapp Blues Band
Special Appearances Include
Former NHL Great
LEE NORWOOD,
(former Detroit Red Wing) will be signing autographs.
Kristina Austin Scarcelli "Mrs. Michigan 2006" will be accompanied by MRS. MICHIGAN 2009 (to be crowned this Spring!
The Desperado's Dance Team
The Blackberry Creek Dance Team
Magic Joe-----
Magic Joe will be at the fest , doing fun performances for the whole family
Come to the fest and make a donation and/or volunteer at Michigan Vet Fest Website Click Here
You can download the fest flyer there at our site, the brochure, and the the flyer for the motorcycle charity run.
You can make a donation at any time during the year, in the name of the fest! Just contact the Haven, and they will assist you with a quick and easy way to send a check to them. They will send you a receipt for tax purposes. We're also always recruiting new volunteers Contact us here, or at www.Michiganvetfest.org , or simply call (734) 223-9898 if you'd like to help out. Thanks!
We will be collecting material things for the Haven at the Fest too.
The Fest is FREE ADMISSION, but we're asking you to bring SOMETHING FROM THIS LIST FOR THE HAVEN TO HELP OUR VETS. We'll have collection containers at the fest.
Items In Need:
*Men's AND Women's clothing (t-shirts, underwear, socks, etc.)
*Coats
*Medical supplies (Adult diapers, Ensure, Wheelchairs,etc)
*Hygiene products (Alcohol-free mouthwash, toothbrushes, toothpaste, Denture cream, Denture brushes, razors, shaving cream, aftershave, anti-perspirant, etc.)
*Canned goods
*Dry goods ( Cereal, pasta products, crackers, etc)
*Cash is ALWAYS good
Charity Bike Run !
MySpace.com/michiganharleyrider These great folks are putting together a bike run. Contact Dennis at their page for any and all info on how to sign up and participate.
Proceeds from the bike run will go to help homeless Veteran's.The final destination will be the Michigan Vet Fest/Cruisin Michigan Ave location.
The Michigan Vet Fest Theme Song Contest!
We have the contest online. Email your Mp3's to us by clicking here Michigan Vet Fest Theme Song Contest
We'll post a few up at a time and have listeners vote on them. The winner from each set, will have their song set aside, to go up against the next champ etc, until we have one final winner. The champ will get a prime slot in the line-up at next years fest.
A nice prize will be awarded to the theme song contest winner
We will also post the winning song on the fest page music player, and it will stay in the rotation for good.
Basic Contest Rules and Regulations
Deadline for entering your song (or songs) is May 1, 2009 -If the winner is not local, we cannot provide a way to get you to the fest.-The contest is open to all genres of music. -Your submission must be G-rated. submission must be an original tune. -Your song will remain your property. Your submission should in the spirit of what the fest is about.
E-mail your song to us by clicking here Michigan Vet Fest Theme Song Contest -
GOOD LUCK!
Questions or Comments?
Contact us here on MySpace, OR Visit
The Michigan Vet Fest Website (Click Here!)
You can Also E-mail us by
Clicking here for Russ
Or clicking here for Ron
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Please Join Our "Walk For Autism" Team
Our bud and Fest performer, Trisha D. turned us on to this.It's a walk for autism in October, at the Silverdome.
She has a child with autism.
We signed up and have started a Michigan Vet Fest Team to go out and do the walk and support this great organization. Karen and I along with Ron will be there , and we hope you will too. Come and join our team, and lets go out and raise some bucks for these folks.
Just click on the link below to sign up on our team, Thanks!
"Michigan Vet Fest Team - Join's the Walk For Autism"
This will take you to another myspace screen letting you know that you are leaving your myspace page. It's ok.. it's standard procedure.. simply click on the external link
Here's what ya do: click on the link, You'll see
Welcome to the Donation Page of
Russ Barnett
Click Here -----> My Team Page
that'll take you to :
Welcome to the Team Page of
Michigan Vet Fest
Then just click Here-------> "Join Our Team"The Fest would like to send out big thanks to our good friends at D.B. Productions.
They will be providing a pro quality full stage set up for the outside portion of the show, provide a backline,and will handle the sound production duties as well. Check out their recording studio http://sanctuaryrecordingstudios.com/ Veterans Haven 01
