Save the Music of New Orleans

The New Orleans Musicians Clinic (NOMC) is determined to keep Louisiana Music Alive! It is our beacon to soothe our souls. We want to relocate our New Orleans musicians into the Lafayette/ Acadiana community where they can remain a life force! But most of them have lost everything... we must help them rebuild their lives.

They can't access any of their NOMC accounts. They desperately need money to fund these efforts.

Direct Contact: Kathy Richard (337)989-0001

Send donations to:

NOMC Emergency Fund
SW LA Area Health Education Center Foundation, Inc.
103 Independence Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506

desk: 337-989-0001
fax: 337-989-1401
email
http://www.swlahec.com/ Please make contributions to relief agencies in need as you can. We urge you to volunteer your services in support of everyone impacted by Katrina. Our region is known for its sense of soul and spirit. It is up to all of us to show the world we are a better place than what we have seen.

Jazz Foundation of America:

We will be addressing the longer term needs of these jazz and blues artists who will have just lost everything.

We will be raising funds and distributing money for the musicians to get a new apartment or room for rent: by giving a first month's rent, possibly more, for them to start over, a place to live. (This is what we normally do on a daily basis for musicians across the country who become sick and can't pay their rent, we also keep food on the table and get employment to hundreds of elderly musicians through our Jazz in the Schools program. Our operations normally assist 35 musicians a week.)

As well, we will be attempting to help New Orleans musicians by replacing the thing that matters most and the only way they can ever work again: their instruments.

To those who lost their instruments, like drummers and bassists who could not carry their heavy equipment, and guitarist with their amps, we will be making an effort to work with manufacturers and music stores to replace those instruments for as many as we possibly can.

Remember, New Orleans was only "New Orleans" because of the musicians...

Send donations to:

Jazz Foundation of America
322 West 48th Street 6th floor
NYC 10036

Director: Wendy Oxenhorn
Phone: 212-245-3999 Ext. 21

Other Places to Support Musicians:
• http://www.artsjournal.com/adaptistration

NARAS have set up The MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund specifically for musicians through their MusicCares wing:
• https://grammy.com/Donations.aspx?comp=MusiCares

For information on the status of the University of New Orleans see:
www.uno.edu