HARD
HARD NEWS
HARD NEWS TO HEAR ABOUT ONE IN SIX SAN DIEGO ARE FACING HUNGER DURING KOBE 19 AND WE WANT TO
HELP STOP THIS. SO NOW WE'VE
GOT SAN DIEGO'S VERY OWN GRAMMY
AWARD WINNING SWITCH BUT
HOLDING THEIR FIRST EVER DRIVE
IN CONCERT AT PETCO. THIS
SUNDAY AND FROM SWITCH. BUT I'M
SO EXCITED THAT WE'VE GOT DREW
SHIRLEY HERE. GOOD MORNING. AND
WE WILL IN A MINUTE TALK TO BEN
HALL, CEO OF FEEDING SAN DIEGO
WHICH THIS CONCERT IS GOING TO
BENEFIT. SO THANK YOU GENTLEMEN
FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
THANKS FOR HAVING US. THANKS.
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. DREW, YOU
SAID THIS IS THE FIRST CONCERT
THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN AT
LEAST FOUR MONTHS LIKE WE
BELIEVE THIS IS CALIFORNIA'S
PROBABLY FIRST CONCERT SINCE
ALL THIS HIT. TELL US ALL ABOUT
IT. YES. SO THIS SUNDAY WE ARE
DOING A PARKING LOT SHOW AT
PETCO PARK. IT'S GOING TO BE
UNLIKE ANY CONCERT WE'VE EVER
PLAYED WITH ALL CARS IN
THE AUDIENCE. EVERYONE'S GOING
TO STAY IN THEIR CARS. WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A STAGE AND BIG
VIDEO SCREENS AND WE'RE GOING
TO DO A DO A ROCK SHOW. AND YOU
KNOW, WE JUST LOOK AT IT LIKE
HEY, WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AND
ADAPT AND WE WANT TO PLAY OUR
PART SO TO SPEAK IN OUR
COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT WE DO IS
BRING THE MUSIC TO THE PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY THE SHOW IS SOLD
OUT. THERE'S STILL SOME TICKETS
.IT IS IT JUST SOLD OUT VERY
QUICKLY. THERE'S STILL SOME
TICKETS TO THE EARLIER SHOW
WHICH IS A DIFFERENT BAND BUT
THE SWITCH SHOW IS SOLD OUT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO
LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER. WE
NEED TO SUPPORT OUR
COMMUNITIES. WE NEED TO PLAY
OUR PART. AND THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE DOING TO PLAY OUR PART
ALONG WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING
TO A PHENOMENAL ORGANIZATION
THAT WE KNOW VERY WELL CALLED
FEEDING SAN DIEGO. NOW BEFORE
YOU KNOW WE TALKED OF IN TIME
MORE ABOUT FEEDING SAN DIEGO. I
WANT TO MENTION BECAUSE THIS IS
NOT THE ONLY THING YOU GUYS ARE
DOING VIRTUAL BRO AND IT'S
HAPPENING THE END OF THIS
MONTH, JUNE 27. FIRST TIME YOU
GUYS ARE GOING VIRTUAL ON 60
YEAR. SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO
LOOK? YEAH, IT'S. EVERYTHING'S
DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO
LOOK DIFFERENT BUT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS. WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE OTHER BANDS JOIN
US. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER
PERFORMANCES AND INTERVIEWS
WITH OTHER ARTISTS AND WHAT
THEY'RE DOING AND TO ADDRESS
THE TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE JUST
WE'RE A BAND THAT BELIEVES THAT
HOPE DESERVES AN ANTHEM. AND SO
WE WANT TO BE THE BAND SINGING
THAT ANTHEM OF HOPE. AND SO
YES, THE BRO OUR COMMUNITY
EVENT THAT'S A CHARITY EVENT
BENEFITING SAN DIEGO CHARITIES
AS WELL AS ALSO BENEFITING
FEEDING SAN DIEGO WILL BE
HAPPENING ON JUNE 20 7TH. YOU
CAN GO TO SWITCH FROM DOT COM
TO FIND OUT ALL THE INFORMATION
ABOUT IT. I WANT TO HEAD OVER
TO EVENTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
DREW, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING
IS SO FUN AND SO AWESOME. BUT
IT'S GOING TO SUCH A GREAT
CAUSE BEATING SAN DIEGO SO.
VINCE, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US. TELL US DIRECTLY HOW
THE MONEY IS, HOW HELPING
ESPECIALLY SAN DIEGO IS HERE
WHO SO MANY OF US SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE GOING HUNGRY
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME?
WELL, THIS IS A TIME WHEN A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE GOING HUNGRY
BECAUSE OUR ECONOMY IS IN A
REALLY TOUGH STATE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE ABOUT A 30 PERCENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OUR COUNTY
MUCH HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE. AND SO A LOT OF FOLKS
THAT WE'RE REALLY DOING WELL
JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO
FIND THEMSELVES BASICALLY BROKE
AND TRYING TO STRUGGLE TO FOR
MEDICINE, RENT, UTILITIES, FOOD
,THE ESSENTIALS OF LIFE AND
FEEDING SAN DIEGO TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHILE THEY DEAL WITH THESE
STRUGGLES THAT THEY ARE NOT
LACKING ADEQUATE NUTRITION
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPOSSIBLE
TO EXPECT KIDS TO LEARN TO
EXPECT FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO
MANAGE THIS CRISIS AND TO FIND
WORK AND TO PUT THEIR FAMILY
BACK ON ITS FEET AT THE TIME
THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH
MALNUTRITION OR HUNGER. SO
WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS
PARTNERSHIP WITH SWITCH WHO
CARES SO DEEPLY ABOUT
THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY
THAT THEY STEP UP TIME AND TIME
AGAIN AND SAY WHAT CAN WE DO TO
HELP FEEDING SAN DIEGO? MAKE
SURE EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO
THE NUTRITION THAT THEY NEED.
AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY
HONORED AND BLESSED TO HAVE
THIS INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FROM
THIS AMAZING LOCAL DAD. IT JUST
MAKES MY HEART SMILE AND I MEAN
PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT YOU
GUYS SWITCH AND PUTTING SAN
DIEGO CONSIDERING JUST HOW
QUICKLY YOU KNOW YOUR SHOW SOLD
OUT. SO YOU KNOW, AS WE WRAP UP
SINCE THE SHOW SOLD OUT,
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WILL GO TO
SWITCH ITS WEBSITE FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON THE VIRTUAL BRO
.BUT LET'S GET SOME
INFORMATION ON FEEDING SAN
DIEGO AND HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP
EVEN IF THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW,
SUPPORT THIS CONCERT. DESCRIBE
IN CONCERT. WELL, I APPRECIATE
THAT VERY MUCH. AND I WOULD SAY
THERE ARE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT
THINGS. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY
EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS
VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO. MANY SAN
DIEGO HAS STEPPED UP WITH
COMPASSION FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS
WITH COMPASSION FOR THE YOUTH
OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MADE
DONATIONS AT FEEDING SAN DIEGO
DOT DOT ORG SORRY. AND I'M VERY
PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
RAISED OVER ONE POINT FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS IN ONLINE
DONATIONS, MANY OF THEM FIVE
TEN TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR
CONTRIBUTIONS. SO FEEDING SAN
DIEGO DOT ORG IS A GREAT
RESOURCE FOR MAKING AN ONLINE
DONATION. BUT SECONDLY A LOT OF
THE FAMILIES. THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THEY STRUGGLE WITH HUNGER
BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THEY'VE FACED UNEMPLOYMENT AND
I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR FOR FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS IN
THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT FOOD
IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT PAPERWORK
,WITHOUT RESTRICTION. IT'S ON
AN HONOR SYSTEM AND AN EATING
STANDARD OF THAT WORD. THEY
WILL FIND A MAP THAT SHOWS THEM
WHERE THEY CAN FIND FOOD
RESOURCES NEAR THEIR HOME. VERY