TEN KEY FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TEN SHEKEL SHIRT AND JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL.....

*This spring Ten Shekel Shirt will be traveling across the US playing benefit concerts on college campuses to raise money for Justice for Children International (JFCI).

*JFCI was founded by Ten Shekel Shirt frontman, Lamont Hiebert.

*Hiebert started JFCI after visiting South East Asia in 2002 and witnessing first hand some of the horrors of forced child prostitution.

*JFCI's purpose is to raise awareness and resources for the prevention, rescue, and after-care of sexually exploited children.

*The song "Over the Room" on the bands most recent INO Records release, Risk, was inspired by a true story of a girl forced into prostitution and slavery.

*The band in combined efforts with JFCI has already raised several thousand dollars to help victimized children.

*Each tour stop on the upcoming spring tour will be also include efforts from local campus child protection and human rights organizations.

*Tour expenses for the spring tour are being raised up front so all ticket sales and donations can go directly to the children.

*The organization JFCI is made up of people from all backgrounds: musicians (like Ten Shekel Shirt), writers, teachers, etc.

*There are over one million children forced into prostitution every year and together with JFCI, Ten Shekel Shirt is working to see that number go down drastically.

For tour dates, please click on: www.tenshekelshirt.com
For more information on JFCI, please click on: www.jfci.org