While some will be spending this evening watching TV, area resident Vickie Smith plans to be grooving to music at the ArtsCenter.
A member of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Smith will be attending a hurricane benefit concert at the Carrboro music venue.
Called DeltaAid: A Hurricane Relief Concert, the concert will raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina through Smith's organization.
"I'm hoping to meet the $500 neighborhood," said Tess Mangum Ocana, concerts and facility director for the ArtsCenter, of the concert's financial goal.
The concert is being organized in cooperation with ACORN, an organization with the mission statement to give a voice to the poor and powerless. With offices across the nation, the group houses members who work on grassroots campaigns to provide aid to households of low and moderate income families.
Money raised from tonight's benefit will be sent to ACORN's Hurricane Recovery and Rebuilding Fund.
Jerimee Richir, organizer of ACORN's Raleigh office, said the organization offers recipients options in how they use the funds.
"The money will be used for community outreach so Katrina victims will have their own say as far as where the money goes," he said.
Meghan Foulke, legislative and political director for ACORN North Carolina, said the association will provide aid for the people who need it most, regardless of income.
