Donations Spring & Summer 2025
Many, many thanks to the alumni and friends of Arrowbear who donated to our Scholarship Fund. Donations from the Spring Newsletter totaled $16,817. That’s a start in building the scholarship bucket for Summer 2026. All of the donations will go toward scholarships for next 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.
Stephanie & Karl Eggers
Erin Nakagawa Felix
Paul Feller
Gail Berger Foor
Lida Lockwood Gerenraich
Julie Gill
Eileen Choi Golden
David, Tahne, & Timba Harris
Geli Harris
Brooke Hearons Hicks
Stefanie Holzman
Dennis & Jayne Lanners Horn
Marian Kent
Peter Kozik
Hayden Lawrence
Robert Menke
David Moody
Jon Nowak
Diane Otsuki
Ellen Pesavento
Nailah Roque
Oliver Seely
Thomas & Ildiko Siegrist
David Svenson
Harry Teel
Stan Weber
Dedications
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Mark Scott in memory of Jim and Jacque Scott.
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Harriet Harrington in memory of Neil Harrington.
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Kirk Watilo in memory of Myrtle Seymour Watilo.
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Eileen Marrison Halcrow in memory of Warren A. Marrison.
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Linda Waters in honor of George and Martha McGee Waters.
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Len and Jean Reynolds Eckhardt in memory of Brian Reynolds.
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David Santucci in loving memory of Richard Durand, Colette Santucci, and Seth Dockstader.
Additional Donations
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Matching Grants
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Thank you to the six alumni who have set up automatic monthly donations through PayPal and Zelle. We receive $195 in total every month from these alumni for a yearly total of $2,340. You are all awesome!
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Thank you to Sarah Solberg who set up a Facebook donation for her birthday with the donations going to our Scholarship Fund. Thank you to everyone who donated.
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Thank you to Katy Bridges who set up a Facebook donation for her birthday with the donations going to our Scholarship Fund. Thank you to everyone who donated.
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Thank you to the Anonymous person who set up a Facebook donation for his or her birthday with the donations going to our Scholarship Fund. Thank you to everyone who donated.
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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.
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Many thanks to Jim Garrecht who arranged for us to receive payroll deductions through Kaiser Permanente and the America Online Giving program.
Facebook birthday fundraisers have raised $983.64 so far in 2025 with more donations expected in November.
We are so grateful to everyone who sets up a fundraiser and to those who donate.
Long Beach Gives
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 ten thirty-minute lessons to one student at each of the district's middle schools and K-8 schools for the 25-26 school year. In 2025, we raised $5,770. It was our most successful Long Beach Gives event so far. Thank you to all the donors.
Ruth Perez Ashley
Carolyn Kusaba Carroll
Beckie Roth Celikel
Amy Essington
Renee Florsheim
Mukta Mohapatra
David Washburn
Beth Mills Grace
KC Still
Dolores Loera
Dennis Trembly
Lida Lockwood Gerenraich
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Linda Curtis Kellogg
Naomi Norwick
Marcy Sudock
Dawn Swanson
Michael Pearson
Jeff Haberman
Jocelyn Hornung Donald
Sarah Solberg
Ri-Jen Chou
Linda Fletcher
Laura Dean Kusaba
Stefanie Holzman
Laurie Wielenga
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Ross Durand in memory of Dick Durand.
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Michaela Quinby dedicated to the Kusaba family.
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
Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a national event designed to encourage donations to worthy causes. The most recent event took place on December 3, 2024.
We raised $976.04 for the scholarship fund.
Many thanks to the donors who contributed.
Kathleen Schaner David James Katy Bridges Naomi Norwick
Heather Randles Ophir Becky Boggs Othmer Laura Kusaba
LBC Financial Credit Union bobreysaidso whatevermakesyouhappytoday
Giving Tuesday 2025 will take place on December 2, 2025.
Donations are processed through Fundraisers
on our Facebook group page and on our Instagram page.
