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News Advertiser
August 21, 2019
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Adamstock Music Festival Gains Ground in Lamont Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser From August 16-18, the sounds of music could be heard up to the town’s limits in Lamont as the 6th annual Adamstock fundraising music festival hunkered down for another celebration. Tamara Leash, founder of Adam’s Army, said that the festival was held for the 6th time in Lamont, and the 5th at Conrad Schinkinger grounds. “After that first year, it became evident that we needed to move on to a venue that was a little further away from town, and where people could camp out for the weekend,” Leash explained. Adam’s Army, a charitable foundation started after Tamara’s son Adam passed away, raises money to help parents whose children have cancer pay the bills in what can be an overwhelming time. “Something he was really passionate about was helping kids with cancer,” said Leash. “There are a lot of foundations that help the families, but not a lot who help financially. What we do is raise money to help pay bills; a lot of the time one parent has to quit their job and drive back and forth to the hospital for up to two years. “Adam had cancer when he was 1, 7, and again at 13, and it was hard. We try to help families out so they don’t have to deal with that extra stress on top of everything else; power, heating, groceries, insurance payments are all
things we cover.” Adamstock is the foundation’s biggest fundraising event for the year, and it takes place on Adam’s birthday, as Adam loved rock music, and the first festival was his birthday party.
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