Critical Local Services
The third prong of our mission is to support critical local services. While workforce education and the fight against hunger remain our primary focus, it is important to both AWMH and Metallica to contribute where we can to disaster relief efforts.
Natural Disasters
Matthew Abbott | The New York Times/Redux
In 2017, the year AWMH was established, California experienced a particularly destructive wildfire season, which has tragically become the new normal. Seeing the suffering first-hand in our home state and, at times, in our home towns inspired the inclusion of critical local services in our mission.
"We’re an international band. Our music transcends all borders, all barriers, all boundaries. Why can’t our help do the same?"
- Kirk Hammett
AWMH has donated to disaster relief efforts following wildfires, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes with a geographic reach spanning Australia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Turkey, Haiti, Germany, Brazil, Hawai’i, and several of the contiguous United States.
