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There but for Fortune: The Community Cares Raffle
Reading about those who benefit from The JWF’s Musician Health & Services Program and from Meals on Wheels People, we are reminded of how, but for fortune, we and those we love may find ourselves in similar circumstances – and how we can celebrate our good fortune by helping others.
Know. Adapt. Perform. Suayves Hydration Joins JWF at the Waterfront Blues Festival
If you’ve ever watched a musician load in at 8 a.m., play a blistering two-hour set under a blazing July sun, break down their gear, and then do it all over again the next day — you know that performing is physical work. Demanding, unglamorous, and often underestimated physical work. This July 4th weekend at the Waterfront Blues Festival, the Jeremy Wilson Foundation is proud to welcome Suayves Hydration as a Community Cares sponsor — and we think this partnership makes a lot of sense.
Community Cares – In So Many Ways
It’s more than six months after Giving Tuesday – and all the end-of-the-year reminders that so many people need our help. But while the needs don’t go away, neither does the caring.
Jeremy Wilson on AM EXTRA KOIN 6
The Waterfront Blues Festival is back at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on July 4 and 5, and music fans will have a chance to support the entertainment industry through a local nonprofit, The Jeremy Wilson Foundation.
🎟️ Help Us Sell Out the Community Cares Raffle - Support Musicians and Meals for Seniors!
We need your help – and it’s as simple as sharing a link! Help us turn up the volume on care, community, and support for local musicians and homebound seniors. Let’s make this the most unforgettable festival yet—with your help!
What music means to LaRhonda Steele
LaRhonda Steele, the First Lady of Portland Blues, has been singing since she could talk. As a child, music was a bridge to acceptance. Now she helps others experience music as a bridge to fulfillment. “I want people to be able to express themselves . . . to find that joy, to find that purpose within themselves.”
Positive Vibes
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — This year’s Waterfront Blues Fest will benefit two non-profits that help a lot of people in the community — Meals on Wheels People and the Jeremy Wilson Foundation — splitting proceeds from a raffle.
Meals on Wheels People: Gateway to good nutrition and a feeling of belonging.
If there’s ever been a feel-good – and worthwhile – partnership, it’s the Meals On Wheels People, the JWF and the Waterfront Blues Festival combination. Writer Claire Levine features the important role Meals On Wheels People play supporting our beloved community in this weeks JWF BLOG.
Tevis Hodge Jr. finds musical inspiration in past centuries
With mentors ranging from his mom, Melody, to Baby Gramps, Ural Thomas and Norman Sylvester, Tevis Hodge Jr. performances span the history of blues from the earliest country styles to electric.
Rae Gordon and Friends and a message of hope
When talented, compassionate Portland musicians gather in the studio to craft a song of hope, magic happens. Blues musician Rae Gordon got the idea – and her friends ran with it and made it their own. Read about the making of “It Will Not Last.”