WAYS TO HELP THE MUSICIANS IN
NEW ORLEANS
(1) New Orleans Musicians Clinic
An organization that provides shelter and free health care to local musicians.
Send donations to: NOMC Emergency Fund
funds will be distributed by:
SW LA Area Health Education Center Foundation, Inc.
103 Independence Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
desk: 337-989-0001
fax: 337-989-1401
email: finance@swlahec.com
http://www.swlahec.com/
The New Orleans Musicians Clinic is determined to keep Louisiana Music alive! It is our beacon to soothe our souls. We want to relocate our New Orleans musicians into the Lafayette/ Acadiana community where they can remain a life force! But most of them have lost everything... we must help them rebuild their lives. They can't access any of their NOMC accounts. They desperately need money to fund these efforts.
Email: musiciank@swlahec.com
Telephone: (337) 989-0001 (Kathy Richard)
(2) Jazz Foundation of America
We will be addressing the longer term needs of these jazz and blues artists who will have just lost everything.
We will be raising funds and distributing money for the musicians to get a new apartment or room for rent: by giving a first month's rent, possibly more, for them to start over, a place to live. (This is what we normally do on a daily basis for musicians across the country who become sick and can't pay their rent, we also keep food on the table and get employment to hundreds of elderly musicians through our Jazz in the Schools program. Our operations normally assist 35 musicians a week.)
As well, we will be attempting to help New Orleans musicians by replacing the thing that matters most and the only way they can ever work again: their instruments. To those who lost their instruments, like drummers and bassists who could not carry their heavy equipment, and guitarist with their amps, we will be making an effort to work with manufacturers and music stores to replace those instruments for as many as we possibly can.
Remember, New Orleans was only "New Orleans" because of the musicians...
Send donations to:
Jazz Foundation of America
322 West 48th Street 6th floor
NYC 10036
Director: Wendy Oxenhorn
Phone: 212-245-3999 Ext. 21
Email: Joyce@jazzfoundation.org
website: www.jazzfoundation.org <http://www.jazzfoundation.org/>
To make an online CREDIT CARD DONATION OR PLEDGE:
go to: http://www.jazzfoundation.org/index2.html
and click bottom right corner of page where it says "instant pledge"
Thank you, from our hearts.
(3) International
Association for Jazz Education
IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) has established a Hurricane Relief Zone for fellow IAJE members in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. They have reached out to members in those states and asked them to identify their immediate needs and post them on the IAJE Bulletin Board. Through this member to member network, you can provide direct assistance to those in need. Log on to http://www.iaje.org/hurricanerelief to learn how you can provide offers of assistance or respond directly to members asking for assistance.
This could include employment opportunities, housing, telephone calling cards, instruments, or relief supplies.
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