Kamiakin Junior High School has received a community grant totaling $1,450 from The Fred Meyer Foundation for the band program to go toward the purchase of a new, urgently-needed instrument. This is the second time the foundation has recognized the efforts and needs of Kamiakin's bands.
Kamiakin's band program is host to three full-size concert bands and a jazz ensemble. They also house the Robert Frost, Helen Keller and John Muir elementary school bands with complete instrumentation, but Kamiakin's continuing and vigorous success has a downside - the extensive use has taken its toll on their instruments over the years; most of which were purchased when the school opened more than 30 years ago.
The Fred Meyer Foundation assists nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping children and reducing hunger in communities served by 129 Fred Meyer stores in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
