Rockers, Benefit Concerts, and the Hurricane

So now we're having an aid concert.

I get that concerts and other events can raise awareness while raising money. There are somethings plaguing society that do not get enough attention.

I think we are all aware of the Hurricane and the people it has displaced and the lives it has ruined.

Why not just donate the money? Or fill up one of your mansions with some of these families? Or just go to a shelter and read to some children or hold an infant while its mother gets a few hours rest?

I guess that doesn't make for big publicity, though.

You know when they should have a benefit concert? Next year.

Let's have a concert when everyone else in LA has forgotten about the hurricane but children still have nightmares, families are still struggling to make ends meet, some communities are still trying to rebuild, and others are stretching their already limited resources to welcome these additional residents.

That's when awareness will need to be raised--when this round of donations and support dries up.