Month: June 2020

We are so grateful to all of you for the incredible support of Woodchuck Cider presents White Light Wednesday and thrilled to announce Hayley Jane will be this week’s performer, with Rob Compa of Dopapod, performing a special set – including some new music off Hayley’s upcoming solo album.

Thanks to the generosity of our amazing sponsors and underwriters 100% of all donations made for this event will go to local and regional food pantries. You don’t have to wait for the show to donate – please follow paypal.me/wlfdonate.

Hayley Jane’s performance is layered with raw intensity + linguistic prowess. She has a deeply emotive + highly magnetizing presence that’s the perfect addition to the Woodchuck Cider Presents White Light Wednesdays series. We look forward to seeing you all Wednesday at 8:00 EST – event details to follow!

We are so excited to announce our next Woodchuck Cider presents White Light Wednesday. Join us for an amazing set of music from Eggy on June 24 at 8:00 EST. This FREE stream will be available from Woodchuck Cider, Eggy and the White Light Foundation facebook pages.

Thanks to the generosity of our amazing sponsors and underwriters 100% of all donations made for this event will go to local and regional food pantries. You don’t have to wait for the show to donate – please follow paypal.me/wlfdonate.

Eggy’s rich harmonies carry introspective lyrics across winding instrumentation, taking the listener on a deep sonic journey. Like a good dish, Eggy is more than the sum of its parts and the perfect addition to the Woodchuck Cider Presents White Light Wednesdays series. Love Relentlessly.

When 2020 started we were filled with optimism. As Twiddle set out on winter tour we were excited to be able to support over 20 local youth programs in the cities who hosted the band. Between the $1 per ticket donation and WLF match we donated almost $20,000 during the tour.

But winter tour ended abruptly with the onset of Covid-19 and we turned our focus to organizations supporting artists and crew, along with White Light Wednesdays where we expect to donate in excess of $30,000 to help those in need.

And just as we were confirming our White Light Wednesdays fundraising campaign, George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis and the world began to change.

White Light Foundation’s mission is to support local public charities important to the Twiddle community and we are pleased to announce we will be making $2,500 donations to the following organizations in respect to Black Lives Matter and on behalf of the band, the fans and our Frends.

Youth Justice Coalition is working to build a youth, family, and formerly and currently incarcerated people’s movement to challenge America’s addiction to incarceration and race, gender and class discrimination in Los Angeles and the nation’s juvenile and criminal injustice systems.

Community Movement Builders in Atlanta is a member based collective of black people dedicated to being a force for creating sustainable self-determining communities through cooperative economic advancement and collective community organizing.

The Alliance in Minneapolis is a coalition of community-based organizations and advocacy groups building shared power to advance strategic campaigns around the intersections of racial justice, economic justice, environmental justice, and health equity.

This is only a start, and while we are proud of our track record of supporting communities and organizations who serve people of color, we recognize there is more to do and look forward to working with Twiddle and all of you to make a continuous impact.

Thank you for your continued support. Love Relentlessly.

We continue to be humbled by the support and generosity of this amazing community. Since we announced White Light Wednesdays we have received over $4,000 in donations from dozens of donors. With our match for this week’s show we have already raised $6,500 to support local and regional food pantries – and we are just getting started! To all of you who have donated, thank you.

We are thrilled to announce all donations received through White Light Wednesdays events (and then some) will be split among the following organizations – some are food pantries we have partnered with in the past, others are regional food banks in areas of need or have been nominated by Frends. We are sensitive to the fact that there is significantly more need than we are able to support and encourage all of you to support your local food pantries – relentlessly. We are honored to support the following organizations with White Light Wednesdays:

Atlanta Community Food Bank (Atlanta, GA)
Connecticut Food Bank (Wallingford, CT)
Feeding Chittenden (Burlington, VT)
Food Bank For New York City (New York, NY)
Food Bank of the Rockies (Denver, CO)
FredFood (Fredericksburg, VA)
HOPE – Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (Middlebury, VT)
Meals on Main Street by Caritas (Port Chester, NY)
Open Arms of Minnesota (Minnepolis, MN)
World Harvest Community Center (Los Angeles, CA)
To donate, please use the donate button or paypal.me/wlfdonate. See you tomorrow evening for our first streaming event – Woodchuck Cider presents Gubbulidis (featuring Mihali and Zdenek Gubb of Twiddle).

Love Relentlessly.

COVID-19 has put tremendous pressure on food pantries, and we’re thrilled to partner with Woodchuck Cider to announce our first White Light Wednesday with a special set from Gubbulidis, featuring Mihali and Zdenek from Twiddle.

Join us on facebook at @whitelightfoundation on June 17 at 8:00 for a FREE stream and help us support those in need.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, not only will 100% of the money raised between now and the stream will support the food pantries, but the White Light Foundation will be matching the first $2,500 in donations for this show. To donate use paypal.me/wlfdonate or @whitelightfoundation (FB).

Thank you Woodchuck Cider for providing us with financial, operational and creative support as our title sponsor. Thank you also – Bill Seed, Mark Levin, Danny Steinman, Courtney Price, Sandy Huchko, Ryan and Jamie Wilson, Trie Michaud, Tim Williamson and Brian Toomey and everyone who supports what we do, without you, June 17 would just be another Wednesday.

And, of course, thank you Mihali and Zdenek for bringing us great music for a cause.

Love Relentlessly