NEW YORK, NY – Rock legends Bruce Springsteen, Bob Weir, Grammy Award winners Keith Urban, Dave Mathews Band, and many more have joined forces to rebuild New Orleans and help local musicians by participating in ActiveMusic’s online charity auction at Charity Folks (www.CharityFolks.com).

Thanks to a generous donation of four Epiphone guitars from Gibson Guitar, the world's premiere musical instrument manufacturer, the musicians have come forward to show their support by auctioning guitars autographed during the monumental 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the city’s first post-Katrina event.

Alvarez Guitar, one of the top selling acoustic guitar lines in the United States, also generously contributed to the cause with two acoustic guitars, and which were autographed by several 2006 Jazz Fest artists. Houston’s leading musical instrument retailer Evans Music City joined the efforts by donating two electric guitars.

Some other exciting lots sure to please include an official New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2006 poster and five Rebuild New Orleans posters signed by various artists headlining the historic festival, as well as official souvenir programs and much more.

Bidding runs July 26th – August 9th at www.CharityFolks.com with proceeds benefiting the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.

About ActiveMusic
ActiveMusic is a non-profit production and media event company that raises money for effective non-profits that support environmental, health, social justice, and education causes. ActiveMusic provides the resources and expertise to produce low expense, high net events for non-profit organizations in need of funding and outreach: www.activemusic.org.

About the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic
The mission of the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic is to sustain Louisiana's musicians in mind, body and spirit by developing access to primary care and preventative health services and by addressing the health care needs of the musicians and their families. To provide ease of access to health care and social welfare services for the music community: www.savenolamusic.org.

About Charity Folks
Charity Folks (www.charityfolks.com) is the leading online marketplace for nonprofit fundraising, corporate cause marketing campaigns and celebrity-driven charity events. Inspired by the belief that there’s nothing more important than the work nonprofits are doing to improve people’s lives, Charity Folks strives to provide innovative ePhilanthropy solutions that help raise the money & awareness needed for nonprofits to accomplish their mission. Its venue has helped nonprofits revitalize donor bases, renew community support, broadcast their cause and raise millions of dollars, while offering “donors” a new way to help.

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Media Contact for Charity Folks Inc.:

Olga Tarasov
Public Relations Manager
Charity Folks Inc.
646.747.5954
olga@charityfolks.com