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Naperville Exchange Club Volunteers Give a Little Bit More
Roger Hodgson was a headline
performer of the 27th Naperville Ribfest with 45,000 attendees over
the four days of the festival. We
also want to thank every one of the 4500 people who put the event
together as a volunteer.
Hodgson's signature song "Give
a Little Bit" perfectly wrapped up the incredible and exciting
evening that represented the generous spirit of charity and joy in
giving.
Hurricane Sandy Relief ~
A Day of Giving
Roger Hodgson donated use of the song to support Hurricane Katrina Relief, Tsunami Relief, and now Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Roger's song, "Give a Little Bit," is being used to help support the Red Cross in conjunction with ABC TV in their fundraising efforts for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Roger is encouraging everyone now is the time to donate as much as you, whatever you can to the Red Cross or help out in any way you can. There are so many ways we can give.
Roger Hodgson Honored
for Support of Cleaning for a Reason
To
the foundation, he’s someone who knows the difference
one person or one organization can make when you just
“give a little bit.” In 2012, Hodgson bestowed the
rights to his song aptly named “Give a Little Bit” to
Cleaning For A Reason, the foundation that makes a
difference for women with cancer through free house
cleanings.
Hurricane Katrina Relief See how kids are continuing to make a difference You can watch this heartwarming
"Give a Little Bit" Public Service Announcements
June 15th was Roger joined with KOOL FM in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada to put the word out to give a little bit to help the kids
(hear his message here). And thanks to those who responded and reached out to show that they cared — 40 children were sponsored and will live a better life. Students Raise $100,000 for Tsunami Relief — Over $5 million raised through Kids Help Out Campaign Roger played “Give a Little Bit” at ceremonies honoring kids who raised funds for UNICEF to assist tsunami victims. See
this article for more details.
PGA drive to raise 1 billion for charity Roger is now beginning to support other charities with his song “Give a Little Bit” in support of their humanitarian service. “Give a Little Bit” has been chosen to represent the PGA this year in their drive to raise 1 billion dollars for charity. The Public Service Announcement (PSA) which runs throughout their year long campaign is airing Read the PGA
press announcement See the video: “Give a Little Bit” PSA
Roger joined hands with Red Cross volunteers to support celebrations of humanitarian service, after which a heartwarming video was produced in their recognition, featuring Roger Hodgson's personal message and video clips of his performance of “Give a Little Bit” Read more about
Roger’s involvement with the Canadian Red Cross.
"Give a Little Bit" Scores in Super Bowl Spot for Coca-Cola
In the wake of Super Bowl XLVII, some will remember which
commercials were the best as much as the game itself.
With
this year’s ads prompting emotions ranging from laughter to tears,
prime among them was a 30-second spot for
The Coca-Cola “Security Cameras” Super Bowl ad, which combined the
sounds of “Give a Little Bit” with images of people engaging in acts
of generosity and goodwill as captured by security cameras around
the world, was the most watched post-game commercial on the NFL’s
own website, with views exceeding a quarter-million. The spot
prompted Hodgson to comment, "The images in the ad go well with the
meaning of my song. It's just one of those songs that has a
profound yet beautiful and simple message – ‘give a little bit’ and
show you care. I know it is giving to others that makes me happy. If
we could all ‘give a little bit’ each day, we would make the world a
better place."
Mentoring the Canadian Idols
"One of the ways to get back Home to our hearts is through the gift of giving back, giving our love & care to others."
In true keeping with the message of his timeless hit “Give a Little Bit”, Roger Hodgson is giving back. He is always doing service in different forms and on the Canadian tour he’s been doing it in the form of mentoring. After his performance and mentoring on the Canadian Idol show in August, Roger was deeply touched by the young hopefuls and realized the challenges that lay ahead for them. He invited several of them, whose hometowns he was touring in, to come for continued mentoring and to spend the day with him and watch and learn and join him as a special guest on stage. They were all very grateful and learned so much.
Honoring the Big Brothers / Big Sisters organizations Through his experiences of mentoring, Roger has really been appreciating the value of mentoring, and has also been inviting people from the Big Brothers / Big Sisters organization across Canada to come for free as his guest to many of his shows. So send a Smile and show you care…
“Give a Little Bit” Lyrics Give a
little bit Give a little bit of your love to me Give a little bit I'll give a little bit of my love To you There's so much that we need to share Send a smile and show you care I gave a little bit I gave a little bit of my life for you So give a little bit Give a little bit of your time to me See the man with the lonely eyes Oh take his hand, you'll be surprised Give a little bit Give a little bit of your love to me I'll give a little bit I’ll give a little bit of my life for you Now's the time that we need to share So find yourself, we're on our way back home Oh we’re going home Don't you need, don’t you need to get back home Oh yeah, we going back We got to get a feeling got to get a feeling got to get a feeling
We’ve come a long way Oh what a long ride We’ve come a long way Oh can we sing it tonight “The Tsunami tragedy has brought up a lot of feelings for all of us. One of the ways I have found to help with fear and sadness is to share a smile and show that I care. “When I do this from my heart to people I meet in my life, I feel better, happier and stronger inside. “For those who can, now is the time to reach out and give of our time at one of the local organizations in town. And also know that simply smiling and showing that we care makes a big difference in the world. Lots of kids are showing up and helping in many different ways.
“Giving a little bit of our love, sharing a smile, and showing that we care is a basic teaching in life. And I believe even those that live halfway around the globe can somehow feel the love we give to them from our hearts.”
Roger's Interpretation of Lyrics for “Give a Little Bit”
“I was a teenager when I wrote Give a Little Bit. Even then, the love that I was writing about was a universal love, not just a boy-to-a-girl type of love. This song is very special to me because it’s simple message is timeless.” Give a little bit - Give a little bit of your love to me
"I feel that giving a little bit of our love to each other is one of our main purposes in life. We all need love, and we all need to give love to each other." There's so much that we need to share Send a smile and show you care
"One of the ways we can share is by showing that we care – showing compassion, comfort, and uplifting and inspiring each other."
Gave a little bit - I gave a little bit of my life for you So give a little bit
- Give a little bit of your time to me
"We can express our love by giving some of our life to others, by giving of our time and self, and receiving others’’ life in return."
See the man with the lonely eyes Take his hand, you'll be surprised
"Many of us feel lonely. When you see someone that is lonely, if you show that you care and reach out and come into oneness, it really makes a difference. It is very surprising the response that you receive – most often it will be love, happiness and gratitude." Now's the time that we need to share So find yourself, we're on our way back home
"I believe that one of the most important things in life is to find our self; our heart, our soul, our true purpose for being here. We head back home by finding our self and sharing our love. I believe we all want to go back “Home”, that place deep inside our self that is our heart, our true essence, our soul, God, Heaven – that place where we feel everything is right in the world, everything is ok, everything is wonderful, I’m ok and you’re ok. That place of oneness."
We got to get a feeling got to get a feeling get a feeling right now
"When I sing about feeling of love I mean – that’s what we’re all looking for and what helps us get back home." We’ve come a long way
Oh what a long ride
"The long ride is like the journey of life, and the song is about joining together in this journey. So tonight we can sing; we can find our way back home through opening our hearts and feeling the remembrance of our love."
Listen to "Give A Little Bit"
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