Donations Fall & Winter 2023-2024
Many, many thanks to the alumni and friends of Arrowbear who donated to our Scholarship Fund. Donations from the Fall Newsletter totaled an astonishing $89,100.22. We are particularly grateful because we know these are still difficult times with costs rising weekly for food and other necessities. All of the donations will go toward scholarships for Summer 2024.
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.
Paul Arundel
Elizabeth Houston Bowermaster
Lon & Kiki Collins Bussell
Beckie Roth Celikel
Dave Collins
John Curtis
Leslie Collins Edwards
Mike & Marylynn Wilcox Eipper
Erin Nakagawa Felix
Mike & Jan Fluchere
Jim Garrecht
Lida Lockwood Gerenraich
Julie Gill
Eileen Choi Golden
Eileen Marrison Halcrow
Sherry & Lindsey Hetz
Hogarth Family Trust
Stefanie Holzman
Jim Hopkins
Dennis & Jayne Lanners Horn
Hue Huynh
Todd Johnson
Marian Kent
Peter Kozik
Don & Anita Orahood Kramer
Leonie, Isaac, & EJ Kramer
Joan LaRue
Hayden Gerald Lawrence
Long Beach Alumnae Chapter
of Sigma Alpha Iota
Marianne Marsi & Lewis Manring
Robert Menke
Pauline Merry
John & Deborah Middlebrooks
Michael & Rosann Monaghan
David Moody
Janet Moore
Morey’s Music Store
Chizu Morihara
Musical Arts Club of Long Beach
Constance Norwick
Naomi Norwick
Steve Pashby
John Rabold
Steven Reynolds
Ted & Nancy Rodriguez-Bell
Nailah Connor Roque
Jennifer Ness Schmid
Oliver Seely
Phil Simmergren
Zachary Smith
Sarah Solberg
Robert & Jennifer Mitchell Spier
Daryl Temkin
Karen Tkaczyk
Susan Winkler Towner
Rosemary McNamee Waller
Karen Ostrom Wiles
Charles & Cathi Daggett Wrench
Gary & Jacqueline Wrench
Ruth Luipold Zantiny
Dedications
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Karin Hoesli in memory of Hanna Hoesli.
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Todd Graber in memory of Russell Miller.
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Matthew Henderson in memory of Katy Henderson.
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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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Meg Garside Jones in memory of Patricia and Rodney Garside.
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Len and Jean Reynolds Eckhardt in memory of Brian Reynolds.
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Michael Fluchere in memory of Suzanne and Juliette Fluchere.
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Gustavo Alfaro, Jr. in memory of his mother-in-law, Cherry Blossom, who taught her children the joy of music.
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. 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 Stephanie Endo 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 Robert & Jennifer Mitchell Spier for a matching grant from Benevity & America Online Giving Fund.
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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 the United Way and Kaiser Permanente programs.
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Many thanks to Veronica Wilson for arranging a matching grant from BASF Charitable Giving Program.
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Thank you to Ted & Nancy Rodriguez-Bell for a matching grant from Bank of America.
Facebook birthday fundraisers have raised $805 so far in 2024.
We are so grateful to everyone who sets up a fundraiser and to those who donate.
Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a national event designed to encourage donations to worthy causes. The most recent event took place on November 28, 2023.
We raised $95 for the scholarship fund.
Many thanks to the donors who contributed.
Beckie Roth Celikel Dennis Trembly Florence Manos
Giving Tuesday 2024 will take place on December 3, 2024.
Donations are processed through Fundraisers
on our Facebook group page and on our Instagram page.
Long Beach Gives 2023
Long Beach Gives is an annual event designed to encourage donations to non-profits who are based in the city. 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. This year we raised $3,099.59. Thank you to all the donors.
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Carolyn Kusaba Carroll
Amy Essington
Farmer's & Merchants Bank
Linda Fletcher
Susan Green
Stefanie Holzman
Linda Curtis Kellogg
Marcy Sudock
Sarah Solberg
Dennis Trembly
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Anonymous in memory of Carole Ohlendorf Dockstader.
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Ruth Perez Ashley in memory of Fran Harding.
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Beckie Roth Celikel in memory of Carole Ohlendorf Dockstader.
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
