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Inside the Tour program and here at www.takeactiontour.com,
you will learn how you can Take Action in your community
and how the artists on the Tour and accompanying Take
Action! CD are making a difference of their own.
You may be wondering what Take Action means. Like
most things in life, names have different meanings
to different people. To some, Take Action means a
tour of cool punk and hardcore bands; to others, it
means a CD compilation series filled with tons of
well-known bands that comes out every year; and to
others, Take Action means saving lives from suicide
by finding warning signs early and realizing there
are people who can help. To us at Sub City, Take Action
is the idea that we will not wait for our world, our
country, our government, our teachers, or even our
parents to make ours and other people? lives better,
creating a better world...one voice and one action
at a time!
Since 2001, the Take Action Tour has been teamed
up with the National Hopeline Network, 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433),
and thanks to the petition gathering and fundraising
from fans like you, suicide and the mental health
challenges leading to suicide have gained national
attention in the halls of government. This year, The
Hopeline has become associated with the National Mental
Health Association and is launching the Youth America
Hotline at 877-YOUTHLINE(968-8454), offering young
people a network of their peers to turn to in times
of crisis. Over the years, the tour has had the pleasure
of working with bands such as Jimmy Eat World, Thrice,
Thursday, Hot Water Music, Poison The Well, and many
more; our title sponsor Hurley International, other
partner companies and sponsors like Alternative Press
Magazine, Tower Records, Hot Topic, Etnies, Flower
Booking, Cinderblock, the Mitch Schneider Organization,
the Syndicate, Earshot Media, and many others; and
we have received thousands of government-funding petition
signatures and thousands of e-mails and letters from
many of you who have been impacted by the tour.
So here we are, the 2005 Take Action Tour and CD,
with another awesome lineup and goals of having an
even bigger impact on the fans of the series and the
causes for which they work. Whether you are just coming
out for the music or you are more interested in the
charitable aspect of the tour, we hope you enjoy yourself
and encourage you to Take Action and make your lives
and your community better, one voice, one action at
a time.
Band description courtesy of Luckymanonline.com
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