I am pleased to announce that the Rock En-Roll Music Festival that occurred on Sept. 6 raised over $3,500 for Lopez Island School District’s Music Program.

Local sponsors such as LCCA, LVM, The Lopez Islander Resort, The Edenwild, wonderfully driven volunteers and the Lopez community itself made this event possible.

In the next couple of months the funds donated will be used to purchase supplies for the music program at LISD including MPPACT (Music Production and Performance Artist Collective for Teens) which will be an ongoing after school activity to encourage a broad range of creative expression and learning for youth as well as technology instruction in the area of music production.

The students and staff at LISD would like to thank all who donated to and supported this wonderful event.

If you would like to view photos of the event, go to www.facebook.com/rockenrollyouth.

Jesse Hammond

Lopez