It's not so much as a professional performer/artist that I come to support the private sector's involvement in arts programs for the schools. It's more as an individual who truly believes that the arts and our endeavoring to teach our children in the ways of artistic endeavor is what makes us uniquely human. In the same way that say science and spirituality define us, the arts help us to further understand more deeply our humanity both as a culture and as individuals. I also believe that it's the private sector's responsibility to understand that the government's support will, as in all things, ebb and flow and we can therefore never completely depend on it as a source of not only financial support but insight and direction. These efforts to support arts in schools are some of the most socially important functions being organized today in our communities around the country. The folks who work tirelessly around the clock and calendar to put on these events annually are the ones who should be applauded. The rest of us should just make sure we show up once in awhile to help. - Singer/Songwriter Michael McDonald to Alicia Doyle/Ventura County Star 2/14/09

Benefit for the Arts 2009

Benefit for the Arts 2010 is coming! Mark your calendars for Friday, March 26, 2010 at the Canyon Club!

LVEF Benefit for the Arts 2009 would like to thank our partners and sponsors for helping us raise $102,000 to fund and sustain arts programs in the Las Virgenes Unified School District!

We appreciate the generosity of our Partners and Sponsors!

Special Thanks to:

Our Guest Artists - Michael McDonald, Tommy Shaw, Christopher Cross, Venice (Michael, Kip, Mark and Pat Lennon) with Unstrumental and the combined student musicians of Agoura and Calabasas High Schools!

Honorary Host and Concert Chair John Schneider

Center Staging Musical Productions, Kerry Jensen
Jeff Tanenbaum & RocktheGavel.com
Dawn Townsend, Josh Barroll, John Mosley, Ashley Bonner-Lyon, Matt Finders, Phyllis Rautenberg, Mark Steines, Ed Natan, James Boldizar, Bill Quick, Bob and Laurie Slavin, Diane Addison, Gary Bryan, Rose M.K. Dunn, Chris Horvath, Kyle Carpenter, Dr. Donald Zimring, Lori Faith Dake of L.A. Party Connection, Laura Leininger, Lisa Hoffman, Sheri & Ron Karbassioon of Alpha Printing, Somer Harding, Jane Cortis, Linda Gross, Alana Loewe Weiss, Lori Choi, Sharon Boucher, Shari Gillis, Ziona Friedlander, Beth Kramer, Perry Van Houten and the Octopus 95.5 FM, Randi Ryder and 92.7 JILL-FM, Kika Wilson, Sue LeMarr, and Lisa Carey Public Relations

Video of this year's events coming soon! Check back often!

For questions regarding next year's benefit, please contact Jamie Alcroft.