NWJPB is receiving generous support from
all of our communities. We've announced plans to attend
the World Pipe Band Championships in 2008, the first youth pipe
band from Washington State to travel to Scotland since the
Seattle Scottish Boys Pipe Band went and beat the World
Champions in 1969!
Our goal is to help provide an opportunity for
every member to receive travel and lodging for our trip in
August, 2008. To make this a
reality, with our growing band, including beginners and lead instructors, it will take
more than $30,000.00 in fundraising to provide half of the travel
and lodging for the band.
We met with of our
members in May and have nearly 60 people committed to the
trip.
Your support is essential to making our musicians'
goals a reality. Let's leave no musicians behind!
If you would like to help
send us to
Scotland and build experiences our youth will never forget, you
can donate now using a credit card,
purchase merchandise, or
sponsor the band at varioius levels. Contact
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donate to or to find out more
about sponsorship opportunities.
THANKS TO OUR
GENEROUS DONORS!
These supporters have donated
directly to the band or our Silent Auction in April 2007.
You can donate now
too!
Don't forget, thousands of employers around the United
States will match their employees' donations (Microsoft,
Boeing, Safeco, Starbucks, and others). Our
Tax ID # is 91-1823256. See a list of
employers who participated with another non-profit organization
providing matching gifts
here>>
A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment
Veterans. A debt of gratitude is owed to
veterans far and wide. An extra thanks to Ken, the
proud Grandfather of Grade 4 piper Aaron who started him
on the bagpiping journey that led him to join our band,
as well as his younger sister Amber playing drums...at 8 years
old, she's got a focused look when she's drumming that could "stare the bark off a tree"
but she attracts a lot of attention anywhere the band performs.
Ken is now helping generate support for NWJPB with
his friends who served.
These fine veterans are donating money to the band to
support our mission and our trip to Scotland. Our glengarrys are tipped to you! This PayPal link is
for them and their supporters and will help us identify
their support:
3-2-1 Bounce
is "customer rated the BEST indoor party hosting facility
in Western Washington!" They donated vouchers to
our Silent Auction valued at $30.00 and are located in
Everett or Bellevue.
The Horsemanship Schoolin Woodinville, WA donated a gift certificate for a one hour private lesson valued at $75.00 to our silent auction.
Edmonds Center for the Arts donated two
tickets to see Los Pinguos, Latin rhythms with Spanish
guitars, Cajons, and harmonizing vocals from Buenos Aires, Argentina
(www.lospinguos.com)
on Cinco de Mayo.
Mastery
of Scottish Arts donated MSA shirts to our
Silent Auction and last year, donated two Scholarships
to NWJPB members who attended this year and had a great
time!
Sir James MacDonald Pipe
Band (Portland, OR) donated bagpiping / celtic CD's
to our silent auction: "A Lifetime of
Compositions" by William and James Barrie and "Full
Shilling"; popular Celtic musicians, including Peter Yeates, Steve Mulligan, Skip Parente, Rob McKendrick,
Alan Walters, Rob Barrick.
Wilson StitcheryNot only are they providing us
with discounts on much of our NWJPB merchandise and
have donated merchandise "at cost" to us in the past,
now they've donated two very cool Directors' Chairs
sporting the NWJPB logo. Thanks
again Wilsons!!
http://www.wilsonstitchery.com
Debbie Gloor, LMP and Band Parent
donated a one hour massage, as well as
family-farm fresh chicken eggs!
BagpipeDiscs.com will be offering a CDs at our concert and donating a portion of the
proceeds to NWJPB.
PROMOTIONAL CONSIDERATIONand other support
is being provided by these organizations
KBCS FM 91.3is supporting us by helping us build awareness through supporter
notices during various radio programs leading up to our
concert and auction April 14th. Listen over the
air or online to "Sunday Hornpipe" for Celtic Music
you're bound to enjoy! Hear info about NWJPB's
Spring Concert and Auction.
Board Game Geek is offering the
band another way to build awareness by providing
advertising with links to our concert and Scotland
information on their website. We
received a donation from one member before we
had even started the advertising! Board Game Geek
is one of the premier
online resources for board and card game information,
references and reviews. Please take some time to check
out their site! Board Game Geek members are up to
over $550.00 in donations, with one donation of $200.00
and FIVE of $50.00!
Greens Landscaping Corporation is
supporting our concert by requesting a full page
advertisement in our concert program.
The
Tartan Thistle, a very close friend of the
band...supplying us with many of our highland outfitting
and instrument needs, supporting our instructors by
selling their merchandise or books, and in many other
ways, always giving special discounts to the band. They've purchased a half
page advertisement in our concert program.
Greighlan Crossing and
White Spot Pipe
Bands are supporting us by purchasing advertising in
our concert program. Greighlan Crossing is a
relatively new Grade 3 band based in Vancouver, BC and
White Spot Pipe Band is a very talented youth pipe band
also from that area. We regularly compete at the
Highland Games with White Spot, but are good friends of
the band as well.
is a
competition band and non profit cultural and educational
organization like us, but open to adults as well based
just across Lake Washington from us in Bellevue. A
talented band we compete against at the Highland Games;
also where some of our alumni and instructors play and
help out now! They've purchased advertising in our
concert program.
Neil Hubbard, Bagpiper Neil is the Resident
Bagpiper at the Golf Club at Newcastle,
Producer of the Masters of Scottish Arts Concert, "the best attended solo piping concert anywhere in the world, including Scotland"
an important member of the Keith Highlanders, and a bagpipe instructor as well.
Neil is providing support by advertising in our concert
program.
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"Traditional Scottish entertainment." Since 1971, a
non-profit organization who compete and perform throughout the
Northwest. The official Pierce County Sherriff's
Department Pipe Band. They're supporting NWJPB by advertising in our
concert program.
Top Foods of Lake Tapps Parkway in Auburn has
donated a "shopping trip" to the band to stock up for
our concessions sales at the concert!
Don't forget to Donate! Every bit helps! If
we received one penny for every hit our website received
over the last 12 months, we'd have more than enough
funds to go to Scotland this year!
