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Two Spokane events aim to raise money for Nepal

By: Tracy Simmons

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May 20, 2015

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Gamesh Himal Trading Company has organized two events to raise money to help earthquakes victims in Nepal.

The first event is a concert Friday night at 6 p.m. at nYne Bar and Bistro. The show will feature The Angela Marie Project & Shambhava. There will also be a belly dancing performance and a yoga demo by Perry Street Yoga.

There will be a $5-10 suggested donation at the door, and 100 percent of proceeds will go to earthquake relief, according to Gamesh Himal Trading.

A second fundraiser will be at Riverside Place at 10 a.m., May 31. “Zumba for Life,” a Zumba session led by local instructor Alex Maldonado. This event is hosted by the Conscious Connections Foundation and will directly benefit the Baseri Rural Health Clinic and community in Nepal, according to an announcement. Tickets are $12 at the door.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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