UPDATE: Ysleta Lions Club chosen to receive money from charity event with DJ with porn career

Veterans Entertainment has found a new charity to donate to after El Paso Children’s Hospital asked not to be the recipient for Veterans Entertainment’s charity event.

Veterans Entertainment announced Thursday that money raised at their “Dance4Charity” event Dec. 19 at Plum City Lounge will go to the Ysleta Lions Club. A toy drive also will be held at the event for the children the Lions Club helps.

The headline entertainment will be provided by DJ Jessie Andrews, who happens to also have a career in porn.

“In light of the events over the past few days for our December 19th Dance4Charity event, we have had an enormous influx of charitable organizations reaching out to us for help through our event series,” Veterans Entertainment posted on Facebook. “As a result, the demand for more events has sky rocketed and we are seeking sponsors to partner with. We would love to help your company build your brand image, improve your brand loyalty, generate sales leads, and possibly promote a current incentive. If you or someone you know may be interested in such a partnership, please contact us. Again, thank you everyone for the support!”

The El Paso Children’s Hospital was originally going to receive 100 percent of the ticket proceeds from the Dance4Charity event but backed out when ABC-7 told hospital officials about DJ Jessie Andrews’ porn career.

“This event was coordinated through the UMC Foundation without the consent of El Paso Children’s Hospital. We have asked the UMC Foundation to immediately correct this by removing our name as a recipient,” Children’s spokeswoman Susie Byrd told ABC-7 on Dec. 8.

The charity event was advertised on the Facebook and Twitter accounts of Children’s Hospital.

Not long after ABC-7 asked Byrd for comment on the booking of Andrews, all mention of the event and her appearance on the Children’s Hospital social media accounts was deleted.

UMC Foundation’s director Dennece Knight told ABC-7 on Dec. 8 that third-party groups routinely raise money or collect toys for Children’s Hospital and ask to be able to use the hospital’s logo as part of those efforts.

She said that happened in this case when Veterans Entertainment asked about being able to use the Children’s logo on promotional materials to indicate the hospital as beneficiary of the event.

“We would not have known who she was,” Knight told ABC-7 regarding Andrews and her non-DJing career. “I don’t think that it was appropriate to have her for an event benefiting Children’s.”

Knight said the foundation asked Veterans Entertainment to remove the Children’s Hospital logo from event materials.

Veterans Entertainment released the following statement on Dec. 9 in response to KVIA’s original story.

“Veterans Entertainment’s mission is to support charitable organizations and raise awareness through house/dance music events. Our event series, “Dance4Charity,” is centered around the organizations we aim to help. With this event, our intention was to donate all proceeds and host a toy drive to help brighten the children’s holiday season. Jessie Andrews is a world famous DJ who is passionate about her music and she supported our mission and cause. The event will still be held and we will push to support a charity that would like us to help them. A person’s past should not prevent them from doing a positive service for others, hopefully more organizations will recognize that.“

Andrews posted several tweets on Dec. 9 in response to the ABC-7 story on.

“I love music. I love to dance. I love to dj. And it’s not a joke to me. I honestly love it. Who cares if I do/done porn? Let’s get real,” Andrews tweeted. “ALSO: Shame on anyone who judges me for what I’ve done. It’s 2014. If I got hurt the hospital wouldn’t turn me down.”

“Society pretty much says that since I’ve done porn I can’t do anything else in life that’s respectable. Just kill me now why don’t you,” Andrews tweeted.

Andrews also tweeted a picture of herself on the beach flipping the bird and saying, “Do what you love. Fuck everything else. Here’s one for the haters.”

The Facebook event page for the Dec. 19 Dance4Charity event has taken off references to the El Paso Children’s Hospital.

Tickets for the event may be purchased athttp://www.wantickets.com/Events/ShowEvent.aspx?eventId=172063