"Blues for the Balkans" Reaches Crowdfunding Goal!

WASHINGTON - Aug. 18, 2014 - PRLog -- Blues for the Balkans, an innovative crowdfunding effort launched to raise money for Balkans Flood Relief by Jugoslav Kapetanovic raised $5,193 of it's $5,000 target, exceeding it's goal.

Jugoslav (Jugo) Kapetanovic organized a group of concerned global citizens, and formed "Blues for the Balkans" to show solidarity with the Balkan people and to raise awareness about the Balkan floods.

New Orleans-based blues muscian Luke Winslow King saw photos Mr. Kapetanovic posted on Facebook about the floods and offered his support.

As Jugo noted, "Herein lies the power of social media and crowdfunding: we don't have to wait around for the existing media and power structure to inform us about what's going on or to direct our action. With the internet, the knowledge and power to change the world is only ever a few clicks away."

The funds rasied were used to finance a tour by the Luke Winslow King band from New Orleans to play a free, 6-day Flood Relief Benefit Tour across Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia from July 27 - Aug 2.

Mr. Kapetanovic staged four introductory concerts - the first two at on June 6 and June 24 at Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant in Washington DC which raised $1.065 for the FondB92 Svilajnac Kindergarten Project; the second two to launch the Indiegogo campaign on July 1, 2014 at the historic HR-57 Jazz Club in DC, and an Indiegogo Launch Party in NYC with Kendrick Lytes, Dante Alston, Shelton Williams, and  Javier Starks of the “One Million Strong tour”.

The $1,065 for Svilajnac Kindergarten Project, will go to restore the destroyed school building, along with furniture and equipment used by kids and kindergarten teachers in the Serbian town of Svilajnac.

National Crowdfunding Services, LLC was pleased and honored to work with Mr. Jugoslav (Jugo) Kapetanovic on this campaign.