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River Street Promotions donates $45K from ‘A Nashville Christmas’ to school wellness fund Aaron Walker - Moose Jaw Express
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River Street Promotions presented Prairie South School Division Hours 11:30am - Close (PSSD) and Holy Trinity Catholic School Division (HTCSD) a doReservations Call (306) 692-5995 nation of $45,000 on May 21 to support a shared mental wellness www.hopkinsdining.com fund. The funds were raised from an earlier performance of “A Nashville Christmas” which was shown at the Mae Wilson Theatre on Dec. 8, 2023. At A.E. Peacock’s auditorium, River Street Promotions began with a documentary showing titled “Music City in Moose Jaw” which documented the events leading up to the December showing HEATING • PLUMBING of A Nashville Christmas. $ 1DVKYLOOH &KULVWPDV ZDV KRVWHG E\ DFFODLPHG ¿OPPDNHU -RHO COOLING • BOILERS Stewart and put on by River Street Promotions. The concert’s aim SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION was to raise funds to support River Street Promotion’s youth mental wellness fund. Prior to A Nashville Christmas, River Street Promotions hosted a few smaller shows presented by high school students. “Part of doing the high school shows… (included) a little documentary about the artists’ messages, and just some clips of their songs,” explained Jared Mathiesen, a co-producer of the documentary. The purpose of the documentary was to spread the same positive messages to students who weren’t among the 800 or so who were able to attend in person. $V ZHOO 0DWKLHVHQ VDLG WKH ¿OP DLPHG WR ³GRFXPHQW WKH WZR days in December.” 7KH GRFXPHQWDU\ ¿OP FDSWXUHG WKH DUWLVW¶V PHVVDJH EHKLQG $ 1DVKYLOOH &KULVWPDV 7KH FRQFHUW LWVHOI IHDWXUHG ¿YH DZDUG ZLQQLQJ singer-songwriters from Nashville, TN – Emily Shackleton, Jenn Bostic, Johnny Mo, Sarah Darling, and Lindsay Ell, who each invested time in high school students across southern Saskatchewan. Among the messages behind the concert was a call for students who are feeling hopeless to reach out and ask for help rather than suffer in silence. The $45,000 raised from A Nashville Christmas has now been Ltd
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