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The Meridian Community Band, a Michigan non-profit corporation, appreciates and encourages donations from the public.  Donations to the band, a paragraph 501(c)3 organization, qualify as tax-deductible charitable contributions.

Donations can be sent via PayPal or checks can be mailed to:

Meridian Community Band
P.O. Box 542
Okemos, MI 48805-0542

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The Meridian Community Band has established the following patron donation levels
and extends its appreciation to the following donors:

Palladium Baton: $1,000+

Michigan Arts and Culture Council

Arts Council of Greater Lansing

Meridian Charter Township

Platinum Baton: $500 to $999

J. Wagner, Mr & Mrs J. Mattson, R. Copeland, J. Wojtowski, R. Fotiu

Gold Baton: $250 to $499

D. Healey, K Zielinski, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

Silver Baton: $100 to $249

I. Shutt, Mr & Mrs R. Ellis, R. Thomas, M. McNall, E. Hinkston, R. Annis, E. Wellman, T. McCulloch, K Lein, Mr & Mrs C. Chilcote

Bronze Baton: $20 to $99

T. Ewen, R. Fotiu, T. Gast, C. Geiger, L. Resnick, N. Nelson, J. Nelson, T. Sisco, B. Hughes, M. Wolpoff, K. Finison, M. Mackey, H. Schlosser, D. Gillison,  J. Rimpau, M. Chilcote, R. Bierwirth, M. Bierwirth, D. Travis, P. Wieferich, B. Bodnar, J. Dow, R. Thomas, G. Petty

 

Meridian Community Band Sustaining Members

2023-24 Concert Season

T. Sisco, B. Hughes, T. Ewen, R. Fotiu, M. Wolpoff, K. Finison, E. Hinkston, M. Shumaker, M. Mackey, J. Tubbs-Lott, G. Hayes, L. Rowse, J. McDaniel, H. Schlosser, D. Gillison, R. Annis, K. Lein, T. Gast, R. Thomas, M. Allen, B. Copeland, J. Rimpau, M. Chilcote, R. Bierwirth, M. McNall, M. McElwee, M. Bierwirth, M. Gondek, L. Hutting, J. Wright, I. Shutt, E. Wellman, D. Healey, D. Travis, C. Hamilton, C. Geiger, P. Wieferich, K. Moss, G. Bolton, C. Christoff, B. Bodnar, A. Kapp, L. Resnick, N. Nelson, J. Nelson, J. Loescher, E. Heideman, A. Wattenberg, B. Lusk, A. Coronado, S. Atwood, J. Solce

 

Adrienne B. Grunow Memorial Music Commissioning Fund

During the 2021-22 concert season a funding drive was conducted for the purpose of commissioning a new piece of music in remembrance of the late Adrienne Bliss Copeland Grunow, who passed away unexpectedly in 2020. The three-movement piece, “Adrienne’s Bliss”, was composed by Joseph Spaniola and was premiered at the Red Cedar Festival of Community Bands in 2023.

The Meridian Community Band gratefully acknowledges the following people whose contributions made this commissioning possible.

 

 $1,000+

Bob Copeland, Carolyn Sherrill, Joyce Wagner

 

$500 – $999

Tim & Susan Copeland

 

$250 – $499

Alan R. Dominick, Miles McNall, Nancy & Jack Nelson

 

$100 – $249

Steve Beck, Roy Bierwirth, Brent Bodnar, Richard Brown, Randall Fotiu, Taylor Gast, Diana Healey, Ellen Hinkston, Bea Hughes, Kate Lein, Judy Loescher, Melissa Mackey, John T McDaniel, Janet Pendleton, Judith Pendleton, Elaine Reynolds, Joy Rimpau, Patricia Ryan, Rick Thomas, Evagene Wellamn, Philip Wieferich, Dewitt Community Concert Band, Kay Crowley, Thomas Gillette, Kristi Peters, Rex & Elaine Ellis, Tom McCulloch, Kate Moss, Milagros Sancho, Bob & Denise Schmidt

 

$20 – $99

Frances Heldt, Brian Lusk, Terri Brooks, Robert Ference, Carol Hamilton, Joel Lowery, Cathleen Meska, Steve Palmer, Jean Pendleton, Joann Roberts, Mike Scott, Michelle Shumaker, Irene Shutt, Julia Tubbs-Lott, Eileen Heideman,  Debra Morgan