Benefit Concert for CESP Shelter Program

“Blues off the Street II” a blues and jazz concert featuring the Hill Street Blues Band will be held Friday Jan 30 at 7:00 PM, at Christ United Methodist Church (211 Phillip Morris Drive, Salisbury, MD). This concert will raise support for the work of the Community Emergency Shelter Program (CESP).

The CESP (Community Emergency Shelter Project) is in its 5th year of providing safe, temporary, emergency, overnight shelter and hospitality to homeless men in the Salisbury area during the coldest weather months of January, February and March. CESP is a community-based effort using eleven local congregations as host sites and a multitude of congregational and community volunteers to monitor the shelter sites. The Salisbury community depends on CESP each year to provide a safe haven for homeless men and to keep them from freezing to death during the cold weather.

Joining Hill Street to provide a combination of blues, jazz, and gospel music will be special guests Kristen Pantalone, Mike Truitt who is well-known in Delaware and Ocean City and other musicians and vocalists. Proceeds from the inaugural event last year totaled about $1,700 and were used by CESP to purchase cots and other necessary supplies for the shelter.

Contact Steven Rumney (410-251-2804) for more information. Tickets will be available at the Gospel Shop, Jack’s Religious Shop and the church office of Christ United Methodist Church.