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July 01, 2009

Music Festival Offers Free Tickets to Volunteers for Homeless

After “selling out” the 35,000 available free tickets for the Virgin Mobile’s FreeFest music festival next month, promoters set aside an additional 3,000 passes for fans willing to volunteer to help the homeless, USA Today reports.

Volunteers who work 13 hours for selected homeless organizations will be rewarded with a VIP pass to the all-day Aug. 30 show at Merriweather Post Pavilion, in Columbia, Md., which will feature Franz Ferdinand, Weezer, Public Enemy, and Blink-182. Eight hours of service will earn a general admission ticket. Current ticket holders are being asked to donate $5 on-site.

“There are 2 million young people out there ages 12 to 24 who are homeless,” said Ron Faris of Virgin Mobile USA. “So we’re willing to eat the cost of a $100 ticket, if people can just donate $5 to help homeless youth organizations that have been decimated by this economy.”

Details on the “Free.I.P.” program are available at the festival Web site.

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