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"tunes4food" is a leadership-mentoring program with veteran musicians showing emerging artists how to "make a difference."
LATEST NEWS > March 7, 2012 First track from the 2012 "tunes4food Feeding America" CD is now live on iTunes, a cover of the Willie Nile song "One Guitar" by Stevie Fleck & the tunes4food Band." Watch for links to press coming soon. Buy the 2 songs for $1.98 and $1.40 comes home for the Food Banks in Buffalo, Cleveland & Long Island. February 28, 2012 First EP (2 songs) from "tunes4food FEEDING AMERICA CD" COMING TO ITUNES any day now! December 27, 2011 Feeding America benefit CD release date set at 04.20.12, 11 year anniversary of the historic "liberation" war is over" safe schools benefit CD. |
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tunes4food mini-tour set kicks off December 14, 2011 in Buffalo, NY - go to FACEBOOK EVENT
July 28, 2011: tunes4food tour wraps with an Albany County (New York) Legislature "Proclamation" and a feature TVNews special report. [See YouTube video this page.]
July 7, 2011: tunes4food tour of 6 states, 18 cities launches today.
June 7, 2011: tunes4food tour announced:
Grace Stumberg & Pete Mroz host the 'tunes4food' music tour in 6 states, to provide relief to community food banks growing need in 18 cities... The tour is designed to raise donations and awareness during special events in partnership with community food banks...
> 2010-2011 SchoolYear Event Wrap-up:May 21, 2011: December 17, 2010: tunes4food holds 2nd annual benefit concert at the Galleria Mall to support the Food Bank of Western New York.
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May 21, 2010: 2009-2010 YEAR ONE Wrap-up event:
Buffalo Musicians & activists Grace Stumberg, Bob James, Lee Ron Zydeco and a group of students from Buffalo Public Schools present a check for $4,671. to Mike Billoni, Marketing Director from the Food Bank of Western New York. The donation represents the money and meals raised during tunes4food first year, which began at a 25 hour continuous concert on Niagara Square on June 22/23, 2009. Standing next to Mike Billoni is New York State Assembly Member, Sam Hoyt.
December 18, 2009:
tunes4food holds special event in Galleria Mall to support the Food Bank of Western New York. Here is the Buffalo News coverage:
June 22 + 23, 2009 [25 hours]:
First "tunes4food" event is a 25 hour continuous concert on the steps of City Hall in Buffalo, See the full Buffalo News article below...
May 9, 2009:
"Following a full-house MUSIC IN ACTION CAREER DAY EVENT at Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts on May 5, I was facilitating a 2-day Niagara Falls High School, POWER OF ONE studentVoices retreat at Peak n' Peek resort on May 8/9 and, sitting in my room, reflecting that our Buffalo & Niagara Falls students really wanted to do something more to make a difference. At that moment the Executive Director of the FOOD BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK came on the news and defined the growing need and I got the whole image of the "tunes4food" launch event. With the support of the BUFFALO MUSIC HALL OF FAME & Sue Gonzoles (Buffalo City Hall, special events office) - it became real on June 22/23, 2009.
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