NEW ORLEANS JAZZ SOCIETY OF TOKYO PRESENTS $15,000 GIFT TO NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS' CLINIC DURING 1ST ANNUAL PONDEROSA STOMP MUSIC CONFERENCE
In honor of the 10th Anniversary of the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic (NOMC) which has provided health care services to more than 1500 local musicians during the last decade, Mikio Shoji, Chairman of the New Orleans Jazz Society of Tokyo, Japan, will present a $15,000 check to the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.
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New Orleans Musicians’ Assistance Foundation is named Recipient of the DHH Primary Care Access and Stabilization Grant
On September 21, 2007, the New Orleans Musicians’ Assistance Foundation (NOMAF) was named one of twenty-five organizations in the metropolitan New Orleans area that will receive federal grant funding to provide individuals to obtain medical and mental health care over a three year period.
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BIG EASY BLOWOUT
Mardi Gras Celebrations to Benefit New Orleans Charities
New Orleans, January 2007 –The City of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have given the rest of the world tremendous gifts of music, culture, cuisine, art, and much more. Relief efforts have continued since Katrina but it hasn’t been enough to get the area functioning to full capacity and allow all residents to return to a sense of normalcy and comfort. To help continue the relief effort, Symbiotic Music Productions and Crescendo Artists announce a Mardi Gras Benefit Celebration with the Big Easy Blowout. All proceeds from the events will benefit the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and Tipitina's Foundation.
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TIMES SQUARE TO JACKSON SQUARE
Katrina Evacuee Cycles Home to Big Easy
NEW YORK, August 2007 – Forced from his home by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans native Pearce Grieshaber will pedal his way back home from New York City. Grieshaber leaves Times Square at 9:00 am on August 29, marking the second anniversary of the disaster, and will ride his bicycle southward along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Cycling more than 2000 miles, Grieshaber plans to arrive in New Orleans on October 15.
Born and raised in New Orleans, Grieshaber’s attachment to the city is strong. “New Orleans is more than a city,” he says. “It is a culture, a state of mine, a place unlike any other.” Grieshaber has enjoyed the hospitality of New York for the past two years, but always planned to return to New Orleans. Once his journey is complete, Grieshaber will apply to the New Orleans Fire Department for training.
Grieshaber believes that musicians are one of New Orleans’ greatest assets, making the city “the beautiful, creative, wonderful place that she is.” Inspired by the struggle of the city’s musicians, Grieshaber has dedicated his bike trip to help raise funds for the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic (NOMC).
NOMC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to sustain Louisiana’s musicians in body, mind and spirit by developing access to primary care, preventative health services, as well as social and occupational outreach. The organization was founded in 1998 through a collaboration between LSU Healthcare Network, Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans, and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation.
More information about Grieshaber’s bike trip can be found at nyc2nola.blogspot.com. For information about NOMC programs or to make a donation, please visit www.neworleansmusiciansclinic.org.
MUSICIANS HIT STREETS IN SILENT PROTEST
