27 Kidneys Wants You

Poverty Sucks sketch troupe 27 Kidneys unearthed this hard-hitting McCain military PSA footage. Shocking!...or maybe not.



Come see 27 Kidneys at the Poverty Sucks fundraiser on June 11!

Raffle Centerpiece: iPOD TOUCH

So that deity of Mac-repair and friend of all non-profit auctions everywhere, Tekserve, donated a brand new 16gig iPod Touch to the Poverty Sucks fundraiser raffle! A $399 value, whoa! Raffle tickets will be $2, buy 5 get 6 ($10 buys 6 tickets). A bargain, a bargain!

Would you be interested in entering the raffle from afar, in case you're unable to make the fundraiser on June 11 in Manhattan? If so, you can send checks to me and I can write your name down on the tickets and let you know if you win.

Make checks out to: Kamay at Puso Inc. (that's where all the raffle money is going, yo!) And don't forget to send me your address so I can mail you your winnings!

Mail to:

Laurel Fantauzzo
AHMM, 11th Fl.
475 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016

And I'll enter your tickets. Good luck and thanks!

P.S. There are also gift certificates and book packages and such being awarded too, final full list to come!

P.P.S. In case you don't trust PayPal to make online donations, you can send all donations through the mail using the above info too!

Madapdap kids

Here's another chance for you to get to know the kids we're helping out with the POVERTY SUCKS comedy fundraiser. This video's 80 seconds long.

Cabtrastrophe-- featuring members of REUBEN WILLIAMS

Check out this epic video CABTASTROPHE, featuring several members of PS headliner Reuben Williams, including Charlie Sanders and a teeny Eugene Cordero.

Raffle item: one hour portrait or headshot session!

Photographer Jenny Boyle has donated a one-hour portrait or headshot session to the Poverty Sucks raffle! This may range from headshots to group shots to boyfriend/girlfriend, boyfriend/boyfriend, girlfriend/girlfriend, or doggie/kitty/owner shots. This is worth like $200 bucks you struggling actor/ romantic twenty-something/ broke pet-owner!! You know you want to join in the fundraiser raffle now.

http://www.talkingeyephotography.com

Impending Moustache

A hard-hitting expose from the Impending Moustache. Did you know POVERTY SUCKS host Gabe Pacheco also doubles as a junior interrogator?

Kevin Nadal

Just in time for Mother's Day, Kevin Nadal has a few words about his mom.



Woo!

Raffle items!

In addition to an awesome venue, deliciously hilarious performers and cheap alcoholic drinks, we're holding a raffle! So far, we've got:

A gift certificate from Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn
A gift certificate to Macy's
2 pairs of tickets to the Asia Society Museum
A special treat from Toys in Babeland


...and much more to come!

Do you want to donate your iPod, services, or products to the raffle? Hit up Poverty Sucks' producer at laurel dot af at gmail dot com!

Eugene Cordero, your new balladeer

Get a sweet, sweet taste of Eugene Cordero, a Poverty Sucks performer and member of our fundraiser headliner, Reuben Williams.

The Madapdap Kids

Take a second to get to know the Madapdap kids. This is a video by Kamay at Puso, another organization that also sends money straight to the Madapdap clinic run by Tagalog On Site.

THE FULL LINEUP

Hello! After a month of mad planning, we have an AWESOME lineup of comedy ready to hit ya on June 11. You can click on their links to the right! That's right! In order of appearance on June 11, here we are:

In the sketch corner, we have...
Impending Moustache!
and
27 Kidneys!

In the stand-up corner, we have...
Kevin Nadal!
and host Gabe Pacheco!

In the Improv corner, we have...
T.R.U.C.K.S.
and headliner
REUBEN WILLIAMS!!!

And on the turntables for awesome hip hop and old school mixes, look no further than
DJ VETTIE VETTE!

Are you bummed you can't come to the show? Look to your right again- there's a handy link where you can donate money to the kids at Madapdap anyway. Safe, no-hassle, and 100% of it will go straight to their clinic. Matamis! (Sweet!)