SAMMY HAGAR Brings The Blessing In A Backpack Program To Hawaii
April 17, 2010, 14 years ago
According to John Berger from Starbulletin.com, SAMMY HAGAR (CHICKENFOOT, ex-VAN HALEN) has brought the Blessing In A Backpack food program to Hawaii and giving THE WABOS and crew a week's paid vacation by playing tonight (April 17th) at Pipeline Cafe in Honolulu.
"I wanted to raise some money (for charity), and so I got some sponsors so now we can do it," he said. "For me to bring my band - which is the same band since I left Van Halen - over there and finally play for the people is going to be a blast because they've never seen what I do ... it's just one big party."I play the set list from MONTROSE through the early Red Rocker era to the Van Hagar'years (to) the Waboritas since then, and then I actually play a Chickenfoot song for an encore. It's like an anthology."
Backtracking around the music and his very successful career in tequila, Hagar also oversees the philanthropic activities of the Hagar Family Foundation.
"My main cause is (helping) terminally ill children whose families have run out of money - one family at a time," he said. Profits from his four Beach Bar & Grills - the one on Maui and three on the mainland - go to help families in the respective communities, and also help finance Blessings In a Backpack programs that provide food for underprivileged children who might not have a dependable source of food on weekends. Eligible children are given a backpack filled with six nutritious meals on Friday and return it when they come to school Monday morning.
Read the entire interview here.
