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The Hall Of Fame's Community Involvement |
This page highlights the ways the Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame is active in the
community.
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April 2012
The Hall of Fame sponsored a child for the Terre Haute Children's
Choir for the third year.
The Hall also continued their support of the Terre Haute Community Band by purchasing
advertising in their annual brochure and contributing to their Festival of Community Bands.
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October 2011
The Hall of Fame donated $500 to the Shriners Burns Hospital in
Cincinnati, OH.
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June 2011
The Hall of Fame sponsored a child for the Terre Haute Children's
Choir for the second time.
The Hall also supported the Terre Haute Community Band by purchasing
advertising in their annual brochure and contributing to their first
annual Festival of Community Bands.
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May 2011
The annual Colgate Challenge singing contest hosted by WTHI radio
gained a new sponsor and became the Texaco Challenge. Also,
they added two semi-final rounds at Mulligan's in addition to the
finals at Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute, IN.
The Hall of Fame provided three judges for each of the events. This was the
4th year we have done this.
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December 2010
The
Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame made a donation to the Terre
Haute Children's Choir. This is a great organization that brings our
young kids together and shares music.
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October 2010
Hall of Fame members Terry Wenzel (guitar), Dennis Sickler
(keyboards) and Robert Lane (bass) donated their time to entertain
residents, staff and volunteers at the Miller's Merry Manor nursing
home in Sullivan, IN.
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September 2010
In response to many comments and questions about assisting local
musicians with buying, selling and trading used musical equipment,
the Hall of Fame organized and held the first annual Musicians
Community Swap Meet in the parking lot behind the Music Shoppe and Zamberletti's at 25th & Washington streets in Terre Haute, IN.
Due to a number of factors, there wasn't much advance news of the
event. Therefore, the turnout was light. However, we
learned a lot from the experience and expect the second annual event
to be bigger and better.
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July 2010
As schools announced wave after wave of budget cuts, the Hall of
Fame recognized that music programs would be among the first to
suffer. Feeling that the Arts, and in particular music, are an
important part of a child's education, the Hall of Fame decided to
do whatever we can to support music programs in Wabash Valley
schools, and started the "Keep Music In Our
Wabash Valley Schools" fund. Our goal is
to build this fund to the point where we can make donations once or
twice a year, tailored to the needs of each school we help.
We have been setting up donation containers at our events, but we
don't hold enough events to raise all of the money we need make an
impact. We invite you to assist us in this cause by sending a
tax deductible donation to the Hall of Fame, to be placed in the
fund. Visit the
Contact Us page on this web site for our mailing address.
There are no administrative costs, so 100% of your donation goes to
help school programs.
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May 2010
The Hall of Fame provided three judges for the annual Colgate
Challenge singing contest held at Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute, IN.
This was the 3rd year we have done this.
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February 2010
The Hall of Fame Facebook page opens for business. Our
Facebook page allows us to do things that aren't as easy to do on a
traditional web site. In particular, we are able to easily
communicate with our friends and keep them up-to-date on Hall
activities and events, as well as community events like fundraisers, etc., something our friends have been requesting for quite some time.
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January 2010
The Hall of Fame sends wreaths or flowers to the funerals of all of
our members, if notified in time to do so. Starting in 2010,
we have a special permanent wreath that will be displayed at the
funeral home whenever possible.
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May 2009
The Hall of Fame provided three judges for the annual Colgate
Challenge singing contest held at Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute, IN.
This was the 2nd year we have done this.
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March 2009
The Hall of Fame purchased a brick in support of the Terre Haute
Children's Museum's building fund.
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February 2009
The Hall of Fame donated an electronic keyboard and 12 Hall of Fame
tee shirts to the Mark Leo Reed Youth Center in Sullivan, IN.
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August 2008
Since its inception, the Hall of Fame has held only one event per
year - our annual induction ceremony. The Hall felt the need
to give something back to the community, and started a new annual
event, the Picnic & Jam. At this event, people can enjoy good
food, good company and great music, all with no admission charge.
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