Joplin Music Program Relief Fund

Thank you for your support. We are no longer taking donations for the Joplin Music Program

With your support, The Foundation For Music Education has already sent $8,468.95 to the Joplin Music Program. Thank You!

As the tragic details of the Joplin Tornado and its aftermath continue to lead the news, many find themselves asking how they can help. The extensive damage of the storm includes homes, businesses, churches, and schools.

Joplin High School (the only public high school in Joplin), which suffered a direct hit by the tornado, was completely destroyed. School and district officials put total district damages between $80 and $100 million. At the high school alone, the band/orchestra room, choir room, and auditorium were lost. This includes all school equipment, instruments, and the music libraries. In addition, many of the music students lost their personal instruments to the storm.

The Foundation for Music Education created the special Joplin Music Program Relief Fund in an effort to support these music programs in their time of need. It is our hope that all supporters of music and music education will find a way to get involved in this effort.

The Foundation For Music would also like to thank the Harrison High School Band Department in Harrison, Arkansas. They reacted quickly to the Joplin tornado victims. Students, parents, faculty members and community leaders combined resources and took a truck load of supplies to the North Middle School in Joplin. Items consisted of (bottled water, personal hygiene items, non-perishable food and clothing). Members of the Joplin School District, band members and students from neighboring high school bands were on hand to unload the items. All of the items delivered were to be distributed to Joplin band families and school district employees and their families. Director of Harrison Bands, Randy Mealer worked closely with Joplin Director of Bands Rich Castor to coordinate the effort.

TFME would like to thank the following donors for their generous support of the Joplin Music programs:

Joyce Elaine Webb

Kevin Coons

Glynda Wester

Barton Bailey

Crystalyn Kirkpatrick

Genie Stevenson

Shirley Francis

Jordan Fleming

Katherine Clements

Marsha Gavitt

Carrie Williams

Christina Garcia

Josh Parker

Brian Coleman

Industrial High School Band

Marlene Tunison

Rebecca McDonald

Daniele Panzarin

Jennifer Keeney

Ryan Thomas

Kara Grossmann

Charlotte Royall

Dallas Phillips (In Memory of Edwin D. Phillips, Sr. – Founder of Phillips Travel Service in 1953)

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Kathryn Huey

Micah Schirado

Carroll Musical Instrument Rentals, LLC

Lake Travis Band Parents, Inc.

Claudia Taylor Johnson High School

La Cueva Band Boosters

Adrian Munoz

Mimmye Goode

Randy and Cindy Vaughn

Barbara A. Sypala-Conway

Friends of Cooperstown Muic & Arts

Carolyn Brown

Jon & Amy Locke

RBC Music

Hebron Band Booster Club

Aaron Alexander

John Cox

Sandra Loyal

Gallup High School Band Boosters

Coxsackie – Athens Central Senior High Choir

Coxsackie – Athens Central Senior High Band

Richard Floyd – UIL State Solo & Ensemble Donations

Coronado High School Orchestra Association

James Madison High School Choir

Frances E Rife

St. Joseph’s Colegiate Institute

Sheryl Baker

Kim Elizabeth Justice