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
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Karin Hoesli in memory of Hanna Hoesli.
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Todd Graber in memory of Russell Martin.
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Linda S Koffman in memory of Ravi Knypstra.
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Anonymous in recognition of Carole Dockstader.
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Beth Mills Grace and Jeff Mills in memory of Ted Mills.
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Cathy Moore Parker in memory of Fran Cleaver Moore.
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Paul Schwartz in memory of Arthur & Margery Schwartz.
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Naomi Norwick in memory of Walter and Natalie Norwick.
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Brian Woodland in memory of Vina Mae Sippel Woodland.
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Marcia and Anna Schechter in memory of David L. Schechter.
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Len and Jean Reynolds Eckhardt in memory of Brian Reynolds.
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Anonymous in memory of Katy Henderson and Maddie Gallandt.
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Mike and Jan Fluchere in memory of Suzanne & Juliette Fluchere.
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Matthew and Meagan Henderson in memory of Katy Henderson.

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 $145 in total every month from these alumni for a yearly total of $1,740. You are all awesome!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Many thanks to Robert & Jennifer Mitchell Spier for a matching grant from Benevity & America Online Giving Fund.
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Thank you to Ted and Nancy Rodriguez-Bell for completing the paperwork for a matching grant from Bank of America.
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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.
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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

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Carole Dyer in memory of Carole Ohlendorf Dockstader.
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Dolores Loera in memory of Dwight Muma.
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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

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.