Rockin Benefits

Who is Rockin Benefits? Rockin Benefits was formed by John Weidemann after talking with Lance King about their friends and families after the floods in Southeastern Minnesota in August 2007. Being they are both from the Winona area they came up with the idea of doing a benefit featuring local bands. So John came up with the name Rockin Benefits and started putting together Rockin for the Flood Victims. Along with Lance and Nightmare Records to help promote the benefit John also got out of State Sponsors Hot Pink Promotions from Arizona www.hotpink-productions.com www.myspace.com/Hotpinkproductions and Razor Sharp Promotions from Maine www.myspace.com/razorraywrbc The first Rockin for the Flood Victims Benefit was held on Oct. 7th at GB Leightons Pickle Park it even made the KSTP news and featured KSTP’s own Anne Hutchinson as a guest emcee and six bands from Minneapolis, St. Cloud and Rochester. All proceeds went to help families from Minnesota City, Stockton and Rushford.Some words of wisdom; Today is a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good - the marvelous thing is it is your choice. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... now I say let it be something good, let it be something you can look back on and smile at. When in doubt smile, hug, and greet with passion. Life is about doing, being, and becoming. Become who you want to be emotionally, show the character you feel. Be glad of life, because even though you may be sick, or heart broken or broke, life gives you a chance to love, to work, play, and make decisions! Wake up tommorow in a world which is doing its best night and day in part because of you. *Have a Great DayFREEDOM, Service can help make us all better citizens. Not only does service help the people you are serving, but it also helps yourself. Once you know how good it feels to serve someone, you'll always want to help out others. By helping out your neighbor you have also helped your country, even if you've only helped one person in America. By being citizens of the United States, we all should give something back to America. By giving a service to your neighbor, family, friend, or even a stranger, you have done a good deed to both them and America. You may not be recognized for that act, but recognition is not all that matters. If you're serving because you want to be recognized, then you might as well forget about service making you a better citizen. You have to only worry about helping other people, not yourself. Only then will you have become a better citizen.