Financed recording of and production of multiple compilation CD’s to feature local musicians to publicize them (This has helped publicize about 60 different bands from this region over the years)

Send multiple students with financial needs to the SLU young musician’s summer camp each summer

Provided funding of the art supplies and the purchase of a computer for the Talented and Gifted Visual Arts Program for Tangipahoa Parish (which supported arts programs in 10 different public schools in this parish)

Financed Art Competition Awards at the annual Strawberry Jam Festival (this goes to local artists who participated)

Financed Art Competition for the annual Poster Contest and then printed the posters (Multiple local art students have competed and won monies for the competition)

Financed Songwriter/Song Publishing Educational Workshop for local musicians with a Nashville Songwriter/Publisher

Financed SLU Community Music School Grade School Outreach Programs in the region (this program put music teaching programs in Hammond Westside school for 2 years)

Financed Student with financial need to attend Talented and Gifted Algoma Music Camp in Canada

Donated to Loranger HS Band for needed band supplies

Donated to the Special Olympics Art Workshop to provide art supplies for those with special needs

Organized and Taught Stringed Music Appreciation at Hammond West Side and Independence Schools

Provided funding for Ponchatoula Junior High Band for Flip Folders

Provided funding for Ponchatoula's Tucker Elementary School to purchase musical instruments and teaching supplies to teach classroom music.

Provide Web site for local musicians/artists to put their information on the web

Financed Hammond Junior High with Band miscellaneous band supplies

Financed the Lifetime Achievement Award given to honor local musicians and artists that have done big things with their art (Hank Jones, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Irma Thomas, Julia Sims, Carmel Foret, Reginald Sanders, Bill Hemmerling, Kim Howes Zabbia.

Funded the seed money for the Kim Howes Zabbia Art Education Endowment which will be invested in the art education classes in the Ponchatoula School District at the High School and Junior High School Levels

Below, I have a picture of me presenting Mrs. Claudia Landry with a check to cover the costs of the recorders/CD's/Music for her class for the 07-08 school year .  We also have produced and paid for 400 instructional CD’s – one for each student in the 5th grade.  Also below is a picture of her recorder class in action.



Increasing the venues where musicians and artists can be seen and heard will be the main way that the endowment will help musicians and by pooling marketing and promotional energies, more can be recognized for what they do. The endowment has sponsored and completed various compilation CD's of  the regions most popular bands and plans to use this as a tool to promote these musicians with promoters and marketers. Providing free web pages for all of these musicians and artists is also a way for these guys to be seen by folks who may never have seen them before.