Editing Warped Tour (section)

==Activism and philanthropy==
Activism was a major component of the Vans Warped Tour and allowed for non-profit organizations such as [[Invisible Children, Inc.|Invisible Children]], [[To Write Love on Her Arms]], Shirts for a Cure, [[Keep a Breast Foundation]], and [[Hope For The Day|Hope for the Day]] to advocate about their causes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Farewell, Warped Tour (1995–2018): "It's Okay Not to Be Okay" |url=http://thewilsonbillboard.com/2018/08/farewell-warped-tour-1995-2018-its-okay-not-to-be-okay/ |access-date=2018-11-23 |website=TheWilsonBillboard.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2018-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124055001/http://thewilsonbillboard.com/2018/08/farewell-warped-tour-1995-2018-its-okay-not-to-be-okay/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other causes presented at Warped Tour were [[Music Saves Lives]] and Earth Echo. Earth Echo promoted recycling and provided a solar-powered stage.<ref name="Waddell">{{Cite magazine |last=Waddell |first=Ray |date=November 7, 2009 |title=On the Road: Vans Warped Tour Founder Honored |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=54}}</ref> Keep A Breast was another organization on the Vans Warped Tour. Keep A Breast educates women about breast cancer and preventative measures against the disease. The organization worked in conjunction with the Girlz Garage on the Vans Warped Tour. People who donated to the cause were given T-shirts signed by artists on the tour to spread awareness of breast cancer.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=July 7, 2007 |title=Good Works |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=93}}</ref>

Since 2001, the traveling tour was affiliated with [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA), including food vendors and booths that distributed information about [[animal rights]] and [[veganism]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Van Deven |first=Mandy |title=Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism |date=2010 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO, LLC]] |isbn=978-0-313-37556-9 |editor-last=Puskar-Pasewicz |editor-first=Margaret |location=United States |pages=191–192 |chapter=Punk Rock |quote=Corporate-sponsored Vans Warped Tour hosts many mainstream punk rock bands as they tour around the United States and provides vegetarian food vendors that distribute information from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to the attendees |author-link=Mandy Van Deven |access-date=July 5, 2019 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scpwmjE3TWYC&pg=PA191}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zlatapolsky |first=Ashley |date=July 19, 2017 |title=Vans Warped Tour Volunteer: It's About Music, Gear and Saving the Cows |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/07/20/dfp-peta-warped-tour/491465001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720070315/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/07/20/dfp-peta-warped-tour/491465001/ |archive-date=2017-07-20 |access-date=2019-07-05 |website=[[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref>

In March 2016, it was announced that Warped Tour would team up with A Voice for the Innocent to address the issue of sex crimes in the music scene.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.avoicefortheinnocent.org/ |access-date=2016-09-24 |publisher=A Voice for the Innocent |archive-date=2016-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925000546/http://www.avoicefortheinnocent.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Vans Warped Tour contributed 25 cents from every ticket sold to an organization called Hollywood Heart. Warped Tour also gave money to the relief efforts for [[Hurricane Katrina]]. Warped Tour and the Taste of Chaos (a festival) worked together to contribute $500,000.<ref name=Waddell/>