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Camp Broadway@ Promotes United Nations Foundation's World Malaria Day,
April 25, at www.NothingButNetsChallenge.net
NEW YORK, April 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Camp Broadway and the
United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign are promoting
World Malaria Day on Friday, April 25, 2014 by encouraging performing
arts-loving kids to take action and raise awareness about the global
fight against malaria with the "Camp Broadway CHALLENGE for Nothing
But Nets." This national arts-in-action initiative invites talented
youths, ages 10-17, to create an original work of art themed around
Nothing But Nets' mission to "Send a Net. Save a Life." Kids are asked
to create, produce and share a video featuring their original song,
dance, music composition or prop by posting it in the Camp Broadway
Challenge showcase atwww.NothingButNetsChallenge.net. Two youth
artists whose videos receive the most votes will be announced on
Thursday, May 15 -- and will be awarded a trip to New York City to
attend The Lion King and Camp Broadway's coveted annual summer
session, July 14-18, 2014.
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Nothing But Nets is the largest global, grassroots campaign to fight
malaria, a disease that kills a child in Africa every 60 seconds.
Malaria, a disease caused by a single mosquito bite, is preventable.
Since 2006, Nothing But Nets has raised more than $50 million, and
together with its UN partners, has delivered 7.25 million
insecticide-treated bed nets to protect families in sub-Saharan Africa
from malaria.
To help kids understand the global health issue, expand their
knowledge about Nothing But Nets and inspire creativity, Camp Broadway
is providing an online educational toolkit that enables kids to follow
a Bed Net's Journey from the $10 donation to its delivery to a family
in Africa. The story is augmented with maps, graphs, videos, African
artwork and other resources. To enable teachers to integrate the
program into their classroom, Common Core-aligned lessons and
activities can be found at www.NothingButNetsChallenge.net.
"Hundreds of thousands of people across the country have taken on the
challenge to stop the spread of malaria," says Chris Helfrich,
Director of Nothing But Nets. "Kids are our most proactive supporters
because they understand it only takes $10 provide a life-saving bed
net that will protect a child and their family from malaria. We've had
great success with youth sports programs and we're excited to get
theater-loving kids involved in the campaign through our new
partnership with Camp Broadway."
"Nothing is more dramatic than the life or death battle to stop the
spread of malaria around the world," says Melissa Caolo, Managing
Director of Camp Broadway. "Children today are effective advocates for
social good and have creative ideas for expressing their support and
showing their commitment to the causes that are important to them.
Camp Broadway is proud to help the UN Foundation Nothing But Nets get
young artists involved in this life-saving campaign."
Since 1995, Camp Broadway has encouraged kids to develop their
"character" and learn about other people's lives and cultures through
its Broadway inspired camps, workshops and experiential programs. To
further elevate Nothing But Nets, Camp Broadway's 2014 summer programs
will feature songs and scenes from four Broadway musicals: Elton John
and Tim Rice'sAida, Disney's The Jungle Book Kids, as well as Lynn
Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty'sOnce on This Island and Seussical,
transporting theater-loving kids to other parts of the globe.
"We believe that theater kids will be great performers in the effort
to promote good health and the greater social good," says Caolo. "All
the world's a stage...and they have an important role to play in it."
For more information on the artist showcase, lessons and activities,
or summer programs, visit www.NothingButNetsChallenge.net.
About Camp Broadway CAMP BROADWAY@ LLC is a Broadway industry leader
in presenting theatre arts camps, workshops and special events
including regular featured appearances at Carnegie Hall and in Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade@. Since 1995, the company has hosted over
30,000 children from around the world at its camps and enabled over
300,000 students to attend a Broadway show as part of an
education-focused Broadway experience. The company has collaborated
with dozens of theatrical productions on youth outreach including
1776, 42nd Street, Annie, Hairspray, In The Heights, The Addams
Family, Hairspray, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Peter and the
Starcatcher, Titanic, Wicked and many others. Camp Broadway has served
many corporate clients by creating and managing a wide variety of
education-based and experiential programs including "The Pride Rock
Project" for Disney Theatrical Productions, "Stages for Learning" for
Dodger Theatrical Productions, "On With the Show" for Bravo Television
Network, "Adventure Ocean" for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line,
"Accentuate The Positive" for The Johnny Mercer Foundation, and
"Future Stages" for Fidelity. Currently, the company serves as the
general management for the National High School Musical Theater Awards
(aka the Jimmy Awards, named after James M. Nederlander). Camp
Broadway, now recognized as Broadway's "Original" Summer Camp, is
loved by kids, trusted by parents, respected by educators for quality
of its year-round enrichment programs and event for which the company
is the recipient of the Ovation Award for Excellence from the
Educational Theatre Association.
About Nothing But Nets Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots
campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of
children in sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired by sports columnist Rick
Reilly, hundreds of thousands of people have joined the campaign that
was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Since then,
Nothing But Nets has raised more than $50 million to deliver 7.25
million bed nets to families in need. Campaign partners include the
National Basketball Association's NBA Cares, The People of The United
Methodist Church, and Major League Soccer's MLS W.O.R.K.S. It only
costs $10 to provide an insecticide-treated bed net that can prevent
this deadly disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to send a net and
save a life.
Media Contact for Camp Broadway: Dan Dutcher, (917)566-8413; Email
Media Contact for Nothing But Nets: Rachel Henderson, (202) 739-2782;
Read more news from Camp Broadway.
SOURCE Camp Broadway
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