TOBE NWIGWE

Hosts concert celebrating community volunteerism

By Laura Onyeneho

Want to make an impact in your community and have a ball while doing so?

Houston area rapper and award-winning artist Tobe Nwigwe is coming back home to perform as one of the headliners at 1DayHouston’s exclusive concert experience on April 29 and 30. He will be joining a star-studded lineup of notable musicians including country music superstar Tim McGraw.

You can gain access to one of two private concerts, but there is a minor catch… you have to serve a minimum of 3 hours of volunteer work.

Te host organization Love Has No Limits is expecting 50,000 people to join this movement, but the frst 32,000 registrants to volunteer will enjoy the concert experience.

“We created this outreach with Tobe in mind. He is so loved across the city,” Gabe Bahlhorn, 1DayHouston event collaborator. “Tere are so many people that look up to him. He’s at Coachella, he has the new Transformers movie coming out, he recently had a new baby and he and his wife Fat were so over the top about wanting to do this.”

Bahlhorn says there are about 200 volunteering opportunities to choose from and the services they have been able to provide has yielded positive results.

“Tere are opportunities to help 2,000 refugee families, and wrap-around support for long-term distribution for them,” he said. “We’ve partnered with a group called Better Help and they’re providing critical counseling support for families and individuals who are in crisis.”

Nwigwe is no stranger to giving back to his community. Te Alief native made “Monumintal” strides in the city not only through representing Houston throughout his music career, but establishing his nonprofit organization, Team Gini, offering education programs to youth while helping them use creative outlets to change their lives, including visual art, theatre and motivational speaking.

For more information about 1DayHouston and to register visit 1dayhouston.com.