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Donations Fall & Winter 2024-2025

Many, many thanks to the alumni and friends of Arrowbear who donated to our Scholarship Fund. Donations from the Fall Newsletter totaled $63,435. We are particularly grateful because we know these are still difficult times with high prices at the pump and at the grocery store. All of the donations will go toward scholarships for this coming summer.

Every donation is appreciated. We receive amounts from $10 to hundreds of dollars. It all adds up. Don’t worry about waiting until you can give more at some point in the future. Any amount makes a difference. It’s always a wonderful surprise to visit the mailbox and hear how you’re doing and what is keeping you busy. Please keep in touch and give when you can. We love to hear from you.

Robert Baeyens

Michelle Pappone-Beedy

Teresa Marsi Bothman

Robert & Patricia Brown

Charlene Lowe Budd

Lon & Kiki Collins Bussell

Gayleen Hood Marmarelis Callister

Carolyn Kusaba Carroll

Beckie Roth Celikel

Nancy Strobridge Chase

Dave Collins

John Curtis

Patty Dobiesz & the Dykstra Family

John Eastman

Leslie Collins Edwards

Erin Nakagawa Felix

Mark Fronke

Lida Lockwood Gerenraich

Julie Gill

Eileen Choi Golden

Raymundo Gutierrez, Jr.

Eileen Marrison Halcrow

David, Tahne, & Timba Harris

Shawn Harris

Sherry & Lindsey Hetz

Hogarth Family Trust

Stefanie Holzman

Jim Hopkins

Dennis & Jayne Lanners Horn

Maura Hudson

Janitta Funk Keck

Marian Kent

Peter Kozik

Don & Anita Orahood Kramer

Leonie, Isaac, & EJ Kramer

Joan LaRue

Hayden Lawrence

Mary Logan

Long Beach Alumnae Chapter

of Sigma Alpha Iota

Marianne Marsi & Lewis Manring

Margie Masterson

Robert Menke

Pauline Merry

John & Deborah Middlebrooks

Michael & Rosann Monaghan

David Moody

Janet Moore

Morey’s Music Store

Yasuko Morihara

Jon Nowak

Naomi Norwick

Becky Boggs Othmer

John Rabold

Steven Reynolds

Patricia Lynn Wall Richardson

Ted & Nancy Rodriguez-Bell

Nailah Connor Roque

Janice Sanders

Jennifer Ness Schmid

Oliver Seely

Phil Simmergren

Sarah Solberg

Robert & Jennifer Mitchell Spier

Daryl Temkin

Susan Winkler Towner

Karen Ostrom Wiles

Gary & Jacqueline Wrench

Liz Youngman

Dedications

Karin Hoesli in memory of Hanna Hoesli.

Todd Graber in memory of Russell Martin.

Linda S Koffman in memory of Ravi Knypstra.

Anonymous in recognition of Carole Dockstader.

Beth Mills Grace and Jeff Mills in memory of Ted Mills.

Cathy Moore Parker in memory of Fran Cleaver Moore.

Paul Schwartz in memory of Arthur & Margery Schwartz.

Naomi Norwick in memory of Walter and Natalie Norwick.

Brian Woodland in memory of Vina Mae Sippel Woodland.

Marcia and Anna Schechter in memory of David L. Schechter.

Len and Jean Reynolds Eckhardt in memory of Brian Reynolds.

Anonymous in memory of Katy Henderson and Maddie Gallandt.

Mike and Jan Fluchere in memory of Suzanne & Juliette Fluchere.

Matthew and Meagan Henderson in memory of Katy Henderson.

Additional Donations

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Matching Grants

Thank you to the six alumni who have set up automatic monthly donations through PayPal and Zelle. We receive $145 in total every month from these alumni for a yearly total of $1,740. You are all awesome!

Thank you to Carla Contreras Buddingh who set up a Facebook donation for her birthday with the donations going to our Scholarship Fund. Thank you to everyone who donated.

Thank you to Naomi Norwick who set up a Facebook donation for her birthday with the donations going to our Scholarship Fund. Thank you to everyone who donated.

Thank you to Bill Shibley who set up a Facebook donation for his birthday with the donations going to our Scholarship Fund. Thank you to everyone who donated.

Many thanks to Robert & Jennifer Mitchell Spier for a matching grant from Benevity & America Online Giving Fund.

Thank you to Ted and Nancy Rodriguez-Bell for completing the paperwork for a matching grant from Bank of America.

Thank you to Russell Graham for arranging for us to receive payroll withholdings from the Northrop Grumman Employees Charity Organization (ECHO) and a donation from the Charities Aid Foundation America program.

Many thanks to Jim Garrecht who arranged for us to receive payroll deductions through Kaiser Permanente and the America Online Giving program.

Many thanks to the nine friends and family members who donated in memory of Neil Harrington.

Facebook birthday fundraisers have raised $750 since the Fall Newsletter.

We are so grateful to everyone who sets up a fundraiser and to those who donate.

Long Beach Gives
Coming September 18, 2025

Long Beach Gives is an annual event designed to encourage donations to non-profits who are based in the city of Long Beach. We are so grateful to the Long Beach community for supporting our scholarship program to provide private lessons to young musicians in the Long Beach Unified School District. This program provides a series of twelve thirty-minute lessons to one student at each of the district's middle, K-8, and high schools each semester. In 2024, we raised $2,235.32. Thank you to all the donors.

Ruth Perez Ashley

Carolyn Kusaba Carroll

Beckie Celikel

Amy Essington

Beth Mills Grace

Susan Green

Farmers & Merchants Bank

Linda Curtis Kellogg

Kristin Manning

Naomi Norwick

Michaela Quinby

Marcy Sudock

Dawn Swanson

Carole Dyer in memory of Carole Ohlendorf Dockstader.
Dolores Loera in memory of Dwight Muma.
Robyn Archer in memory of Jack Palacios.

We accept donations to this scholarship program year round.

Just let us know you'd like your donation to be applied to our music lessons scholarship program.

Thank You Letters

We'd like to share a few letters we've received from students who've participated in this program.

One thing I would like to tell you is how much your offer helped me and how much it impacted by life. When I first started playing clarinet in sixth grade I loved it. It was all I ever wanted to do. When I first heard about this offer, I almost dropped by clarinet. I remember I raced home as fast as I could and started writing my paragraph to get the lessons, and it paid off, because I did. I started noticing how much better I was getting. Because of your scholarship, I want to go out for the advanced band. Thank you for this fantastic opportunity.

Rogers Middle School Student

I would like to thank you for sponsoring me to have flute lessons. Janelle was a great teacher. She taught me different scales and the technique of playing the flute. I have become a better musician because of the lessons given to me. Thank you!

Jefferson Middle School Student

Because of this scholarship, I was offered the opportunity to take a set number of private lessons with an incredible violinist. She truly woke me up, as I can see that day by day, I am progressing in areas I never imagined I would be able to do in such a short time. Thank you.

Lakewood High School Student

I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for awarding me the scholarship for private tenor saxophone lessons. This generous opportunity means the world to me and has already begun to have a profound impact on my musical journey. Even though I went into the lessons with some amount of musical knowledge, Professor Gates was a good instructor who gave me a lot of exercises to work on and other techniques that helped me improve tremendously. Once again, I thank you for your trust and investment in my musical future. I am incredibly grateful for your support and look forward to making you proud.

Renaissance High School Student

Thank you so much for granting me the opportunity to enhance my ability to pursue music as a profession. I feel very honored and privileged to be able to take private lessons with Mr. Meixner. I will not take this opportunity for granted and will use it to the best of my abilities.

Renaissance High School Student