Donations Spring & Summer 2026
Many, many thanks to the friends and alumni of Arrowbear who donated to our Scholarship Fund during the spring and summer months. Donations from the Spring Newsletter and Reunion fundraiser totaled $38,315.31. That’s a great start in building the scholarship bucket for Summer 2027. The names below are people who donated separately from attending the Reunion or who registered for the Reunion and couldn’t make it up to camp that day.
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.
Frank Arundel
Paul Arundel
Nancy Bell
Henry & Lily Boterenbrood
Dave & Teresa Marsi Bothman
Barbara Goorevitch Cook
Chris Craig
Jack Eastman
Mike & Marylynn Wilcox Eipper
Erin Nakagawa Felix
Lida Lockwood Gerenraich
Julie Gill
Eileen Choi Golden
Tobin Gomez
Timb Harris
Kate Conroy Hernandez
Brooke Hearons Hicks
Stefanie Holzman
Dennis & Jayne Lanners Horn
Todd Johnson
Marian Kent
Cameron Keys
Martine Korach & Steve Brenton
Jay Kohorn
Hayden Lawrence
Toni Lighty
Marianne Marsi
Margie Masterson
John Menke
Robert Menke
David Moody
Anne Osborne Nicholls
Jon Nowak
Diane Otsuki
Felix Potter
Nailah Roque
Oliver Seely
Ildiko Meracz Siegrist
& Thomas Meracz
Kari Bush Stebbing
KC Still
Stephen Tucker
Karen Tkacayk
R. Waldorf
Stan Weber
Laura Lee Wells
Jane Linville Wolff
Sandi Concolino Wright
Dedications
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Mark Scott in memory of Jim and Jacque Scott.
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Karen Ostrom Wiles in memory of Steve Romansky.
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Lennard & Jean Reynolds Eckhardt in memory of Brian Reynolds.
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Nancy Strobridge Chase in memory of Sue Waddelow Fishman.
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Gustavo Alfaro in memory of his mother-in-law, Cherry Blossom, who taught her children the joy of music.

Additional Donations
and
Matching Grants
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Thank you to the six alumni who have set up automatic monthly donations through PayPal, Zelle, and DAFgiving360. We receive $220 in total every month from these alumni for a yearly total of $2,640. 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 Nancy Alpert for a grant from the Jewish Federation Bay Area organization.
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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 $1,059.90 so far in 2026 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 24, 2026
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 2026, we raised $6,291.10. It was our most successful Long Beach Gives event so far. Thank you to all the donors.
Eric Fiero
Carolyn Kusaba Carroll
Beckie Roth Celikel
Anonymous
Sue Green
Mukta Mohapatra
David Washburn
Dawn Swanson
Dennis Trembly
Laura Merryfield
Elizabeth Epstein
Linda Curtis Kellogg
Craig Gibson
Marcy Sudock
Claudia Hoskins Fitzpatrick
Jeff Haberman
Linda Fletcher
Laura Dean Kusaba
Stefanie Holzman
Marc Rothenberg
Anonymous
Robyn Archer

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Ri-Jen Chou in memory of Fei-Mei Lee Chou.
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
Right now I'm an 8th grader at Rogers. I should probably start by saying "thank you." In 6th grade, I received a scholarship that I didn't even know existed from Arrowbear Music Associates. I was lucky enough to get 12 free thirty minute lessons with a coach at my school, and that is kind of what showed me that I could have a real career in music. I now take private lessons with him and you have no idea how much I look forward to it each week!
Rogers Middle 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 2, 2025.
We raised $2,598 for the scholarship fund.
Many thanks to the donors who contributed.
Alan Black KC Still Katy Bridges Bruce Wilkison Daniel Armstrong
Sue Green Becky Boggs Othmer Laura Kusaba Marcy Sudock Greg Thomas
Rocky Reames Wayne Selover John Rabold Brody Guesno Brian Delgado
Beckie Roth Celikel Juanita Jackson Dennis Trembly Dolores Loera
Giving Tuesday 2026 will take place on December 1, 2026.
Donations are processed through Fundraisers
on our Facebook group page and on our Instagram page.

See's Candy Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who ordered delicious See's Candy for the holiday season through our online fundraiser. This fundraiser ended December 5, 2025.
With your help, we raised $500.65 for summer music camp scholarships.
Carolyn Kusaba Carroll
Shaw Droker
Evelyn Frerks Dugan
Joy Ellis
Eric Frankenfeld
Mark Fronke
Beth Mills Grace
Juanita Jackson
Regina Judd
Cliff Kusaba
Courtney Lamb
Diana LaPointe
Kristen Mason
Katie Mayhew
Wilson Ochoa
Ellen Pesavento
Leslie Schmidt
Eric Stanfield
KC Still
Holly Tomren
Marilyn Miller Winebarger
Thank you to everyone who ordered See's Candy for the Easter holiday through our online fundraiser. This fundraiser ended March 20, 2026.
With your help, we raised $90.90 for summer music camp scholarships.
KC Still
Ellen Pesavento
Marilyn Miller Winebarger
Stacy Burcham
Laura Dean Kusaba









