How might our togetherness help us weather the precarious times we are flying through?
Dearest BANDALOOP Supporter,
Last month, flying in a gigantic “V”, a flock of about 200 Canada geese sailed over our rehearsal wall at the Breuner Building in Uptown Oakland. Company members gasped in rooftop awe at this huge community of birds expressing an elegant, slowly shifting choreography in the sky. If only the world below functioned as such.
For much of this past year, and quite a bit recently, we have been thinking about flocking behaviors. As a company of airborne dancers the flocking essentials of listening, cohesion, cooperation, and mutuality create spatial belonging and allow us to find our way through challenges together. As human beings, these same essentials help us to better understand each other and ultimately co-exist in harmony.
Join BANDALOOP this year as a donor and flock with us. Together, we can help each other to weather the precarious times we are flying through. Like the birds, we inspire awe in the world, help people to see things differently, and give beauty back to our community. It is these qualities of our togetherness that leads to our highest vision of BANDALOOP. We ask that this giving season, you consider a donation to BANDALOOP at an amount that is meaningful to you.
Your support gives us wings and in this end-of-year campaign your gift will help to lift our scholarship fund. Our goal is to raise $15,000 to triple the fund and support 100 students in vertical dance education regardless of financial abilities. Donate today, give the gift of flight to local learners of all ages, and help us to flock more fully together.
Thank you for supporting BANDALOOP!
With Wings Spread Wide,
Melecio Estrella, Artistic Director & Rose Huey, Education Director
BANDALOOP is a 501c3 non-profit and all donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
DONATE BY CHECK
Mail your donation check with your address, phone, and email for confirmation, to:
BANDALOOP
1601 18th Street
Oakland, CA 94607 USA
Tel: 415-421-LOOP (5667)
Questions? Contact jeanne@bandaloop.org
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WE THANK OUR FUNDERS
OUR LOCAL PARTNERS
FOUNDATIONS
California Arts Council
Creative Work Fund
Dance/USA
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
East Bay Community Foundation Fund for Artists
MAP Fund
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
New England Foundation for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
National Performance Network Creation Fund
San Francisco Arts Commission
The American Express Foundation
The City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program
The Gerbode Foundation Choreographer’s Commission
The Fleishhacker Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation
The National Dance Project
The Wattis Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
US Artists International
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Allison Bennington
Amanda Moran
Andrew & Sheila Dailey
Andrew Dailey
Andrew Lai
Anna Mathai
Anonymous
AtitlanArts
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Carol Hart
Christie Michaels
Craig Castellanet
Ekaterina Hazard
Elizabeth Bast
Evan Cox
Gary & Justine Rudman
Gregory Kennett
Hans Florine
Helen & Raj Desai
Hildy Feen
Ichun Yeh
Iino Family
Ingrid Martin
Jenny Rudolph
Joan Lazarus Dobkowski
Julie Spiker
Kate Taffel
GIFTS IN KIND
Morrison Foerster LLP
TMG Partners
ANNUAL INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Jordan and Sandra Laby
Mark and Laura Deem
Karen Weiss
David Dailey
Onna Lo
Daniel Lynn
Nima Katz
Sarah Van Roo
Le Conte Moore
Jillian Rudman
Brian Ripley
Sharna Brocket
Thomas Cavanagh
Amelia Rudolph
Rika Iino
Katie & Alex Calhoun
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Patricia Davis
Patricia F. Shanks
Patricia Shanks
Rainbow Grocery
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Sarah Crowell
Sarah Elliott
Steve Morrow
Susan Hinton
Thomas Haugg
Tom McDonald
Victoria Love
William Collins
William Hoppin