…an update from the ONE concert outreach team.

We just wrapped up yet another hot, tiring and fun summer on the VANs Warped Tour. This is the third year that ONE has been on the tour, and like always we found Warped fans to be incredibly supportive – nearly 40,000 of them signed up, pledging to make poverty history, during our two months on the road!

While on tour, we also got to be friends with some very cool bands, among them Rise Against. One of the headliners of this summer’s tour, Rise Against started in 1999 in Chicago. In 2004 they made their major label debut on Geffen with Siren Songs of the Counter Culture. Rise Against have been known over the years to be uncompromising in their commentary and involvement with a number of causes. We were very excited to have front man Tim McIlrath sign the declaration early on in the summer with us. The band also went on to host signings (fans would come to our booth to get an autograph from the band and more info on ONE) in our booth and wore ONE hats and the white bands all summer. Throughout the tour we were treated to regular shout-outs from the stage urging fans to check out what we were doing and join.

You can get more info on Rise Against (and thank them for their support!) on their Myspace page, and watch for them when they’ll be on tour later this fall.

Thanks to Rise Against, the Warped production team, and most importantly to all of our amazing volunteers who helped us have a such a great summer on Warped!

PS: Check out our tour photos to see us in action!