#Food4U - Nonprofit Launches Fundraiser Using Musicoin’s Blockchain Enabled Music Streaming Service

Hi Steemit Family,
We are excited to share a cause that is near and dear to our hearts, the Food4U & Resource program, which provides free food and mental health resources to the homeless population in the inner city of Hartford, Connecticut. The program is provided by 4Unity Corp, an urban grass roots 501c-3 nonprofit organization dedicated to serving its community. 4Unity Corp is utilizing Musicoin’s blockchain music streaming service which pays per play as the fundraising tool for the Food4U & Resource program. It is the easiest and most innovative method of generating funds for nonprofit organizations by utilizing blockchain technology to self-empower the people to become active participants in their communities without paying out of pocket. Simply support your community by just pressing play. The inspirational track “I Need” chosen for the fundraiser delivers powerful messages of self-development through introspection. It represents the heart of the organization and cause which will not only resonate with the local community, but people all over the world.

WHAT IS MUSICOIN???
Musicoin is the world’s first decentralized blockchain music streaming platform and cryptocurrency designed to empower music artist to take full control of their content and finances. Artists are paid in $MUSIC cryptocurrency earning 6X more per play than traditional streaming platforms like Pandora, iTunes and Spotify. It is a transparent peer to peer network utilizing smart contracts to enable fair and instant payment to the artist, without the intermediaries in the current music industry model. Musicoin provides free and unlimited music streaming without ads. It is worldwide, spanning across continents from North and South America, Europe and Asia, and hosts over 4,600 artists and 45,000 listeners. Recently celebrating their one-year anniversary in February 2018, Musicoin pushes full steam ahead under intense development to design their mobile application and update their website to provide an optimal user experience. Musicoin is leading the future of the music industry, not only with its use of blockchain technology but its revolutionary “sharism” guiding principle, emphasizing the importance of sharing knowledge and value within a community to create a positive social impact. The #Food4U – Plays that Feed Fundraiser highlights sharism principle and is a “very good sample of how we can help the local community with a global spirit” according to Musicoin Founder Isaac Mao, who showed his support by becoming the first official dedicated #Food4U supporter with a generous Musicoin donation.

WHO IS 4UNITY CORP???
4Unity Corp is an urban based 501c-3 nonprofit grass roots organization founded by Timothy Fraylon, Anthony Maye Jr and Robert Hill in 2011, serving the Hartford inner city in Connecticut. Their mission is to foster awareness of community issues, as well as to inspire peace and unity through educational, recreational and philanthropic programs. In addition to the Food4U & Resource program, 4Unity provides various services to the community free of charge, including but not limited to clothing drives for the homeless population, neighborhood clean-up initiatives, peace walks, educational and recreational programs. We’ve been blessed to witness the amazing work 4Unity is doing to help uplift the community.

PROBLEM
In spite their great cause, 4Unity struggles with funding to operate all of its programs year round and have not been able to host a Food4U event since August 2017. Most of the programs are funded by members of the organization out of pocket in order to serve the Hartford community who depend on charitable organizations for assistance, particularly during these difficult economic times. The homeless is a vulnerable population, lacking basic essential resources, such as food, housing, clothing, and medical care to name a few. Although Connecticut is making strides in helping house more people in efforts to eradicate homelessness, it does not address the root cause of the problem. Mental health illness and substance abuse are major factors which cause debilitating cognative, emotional, physical and social disruptions impairing a person’s ability to function in daily life, leading to homelesness. According to a 2009 study by the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 20-25% of the homeless population in the United States suffer from severe mental illness, compared to 6% in the general population. These despairing statistics are still a reality today in 2018, almost a decade later.

Another key problem affecting the homeless population is access to food. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you didn’t know whether you were going to eat today? What if your basic physical human need for food most of us take for granted was not guaranteed? The homeless population live with this struggle every single day. And with the current administration’s proposed funding cuts to the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) that helps provide food for low income, disabled, and elderly people, millions across the country will literally have food taken out of their mouths. The need to feed the community will only increase. This adds urgency to the importance of 4Unity Corp’s Food4U program connecting the people directly to the food and resource programs creating a movement of positive change and solution, instead of a temporary band aid. As a people, we have a moral responsibility to take care of one another, and Musicoin has provided us the opportunity help heal our communities together.

SOLUTION
4Unity Corp is utilizing Musicoin, the world’s first decentralized blockchain music streaming platform to raise funds for the Food4U & Resource program. The #Food4U - Plays that Feed Fundraiser is using the inspirational track “I Need”, and donating the proceeds to 4Unity Corp. The funds will provide free monthly events with hot meals, mental health and substance abuse resources, shelter and housing assistance, job preparation resources, music, giveaways and more. Musicoin will be our DJ, playing diverse tracks from all over the world to entertain the people. The community will experience the joy and comfort of food, helpful information, resources, and of course music to uplift their spirits. This is the power of music and blockchain technology. Musicoin is a pioneering self-empowering fundraising tool for the people, essential for philanthropic initiatives and helping cultivate a local community spirit with global reach. We will document the journey and share it as inspiration to everyone that they can really make a difference and support their community uniting through the power of music and blockchain technology simply by pressing play.
Your help is imperative to make the #Food4U - Plays that Feed Fundraiser a SUCCESS. Every “I Need” play makes a significant difference. Help us make history supporting 4Unity Corp using Musicoin’s blockchain music streaming platform which empowers the people to fund their community initiatives by simply pressing play, resulting in a donation to good cause without causing any individual financial strain. This example will motivate others to be actively involved in helping their community, and hopefully create a chain reaction of positive social impact. We are very excited for the #Food4U - Plays that Feed Fundraiser. Please help us reach our goal of 1 Million Plays. We humbly ask for the Steemit community support. Thank you 😊

HOW CAN YOU HELP???
LET’S REACH 1 MILLION PLAYS ON MUSICOIN!!!!!
Press Play with a Purpose for the #Food4U – Plays that Feed Fundraiser.
https://musicoin.org/track/0x442ab5b71fd27aa9e8f3212a5fc695176bf4c6e2

Share with others. Please use Hashtags: #Food4U #PlaysthatFeed #INeed #Musicoingivesback
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