Get together with a objective.
The Rise & Shine FamJam Fundraiser is a music pageant that donates 100% of its proceeds to ship underprivileged youngsters and teenagers to the Rise & Shine Basis’s Captain's Camps.
At Captain's Camps, youths in want are empowered to pursue their passions and develop a well-rounded skillset. The curriculum is particularly constructed round making a steadiness {of professional} mentorship, elite sports activities coaching, beginner-level DJ coaching, and all-encompassing life expertise.
Impressed by the award-winning documentary movie Rise & Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story, the Rise & Shine Basis promotes key beliefs resembling onerous work, perseverance, self-belief, and a “dream large” mentality.
How it began
After a profitable profession as a part of the U.S. Males’s Nationwide Crew and captain of Watford FC, adopted by captaincy of the Vancouver Whitecaps, Jay DeMerit started devoting his consideration to quite a lot of charities and philanthropic organizations. And in 2016, he determined to ascertain the Rise & Shine Basis to channel his efforts to have a higher total influence.
In accordance with a press launch, DeMerit's objective is “to encourage younger athletes to determine their strengths and passions, and to develop the talents required for ongoing success and well-being all through the pursuit of excellence in sport and much past.”
DJ duo and couple Dani Wilson and Josh Allen of Common Residents first met DeMerit after acting at his Pemberton Music Pageant afterparty on his property. At the moment, they'd ample expertise throwing occasions and had been longing to host one thing particular.
The duo needed to curate a pageant that's “void of the cash, energy and ego struggles we see so typically within the music trade.” Finally, they needed an occasion that promoted neighborhood, inventive expression, and altruistic giving.
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Jay DeMerit's property, the place the Rise & Shine FamJam Fundraiser 2019 befell.
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Upon assembly DeMerit, seeing his land and studying concerning the Rise & Shine Basis, Wilson and Allen realized that they'd the proper alternative to make deliver their dream to fruition. As soon as they arrange a gathering with DeMerit and pitched their thought to throw a mini pageant on his land and donate 100% of proceeds in the direction of his growth camps, DeMerit did not hesitate to just accept the provide.
After three consecutive sold-out festivals, with performances from The Funk Hunters, Nostalgix, SkiiTour, Moontricks, Neon Steve and Stickybuds, the Rise and Shine FamJam Fundraiser has despatched near 50 deserving youngsters to camp and established an superior neighborhood of pageant goers who collect annually to occasion with objective.
What's new in 2022
This yr, the Rise & Shine FamJam Fundraiser will transfer from the picturesque city of Pemberton, and can now be hosted at its new dwelling in Squamish, BC. It is very important observe that Rise & Shine can be working at a restricted capability this yr.
From June 3-5, 2022, Rise & Shine FamJam Fundraiser will return for its fourth version. This yr's headliners embrace the award-winning DJ, drummer and producer RUMPUS, funky tastemakers Fort Knox 5, DJ duo Case of the Mondays and those who began all of it, Common Residents, amongst others.
Try the 2022 docket under.
Tickets to the fest are on sale now through Eventbrite. Within the meantime, there's a Rise & Shine pre-party in Vancouver later this month with performances from Jessu & PYKA, KOJI AIKEN, LNDN and DJ Beer. For extra particulars concerning the official pre-party, navigate right here.
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