Northern Nights Music Festival donates to non-profits and schools - Redwood Times

Posted: 12/01/2014 11:45:26 AM PST

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PIERCY >> Northern Nights Music Festival produced its second annual event this past July in Piercy. Along with bringing a variety of music, yoga and workshops to the local area, NNMF offers opportunities for local businesses and non-profits to raise funds as well as giving proceeds from all ticket sales to local schools in Southern Humboldt and Northern Mendocino.

On Monday, Nov. 24, Andrew Borgelt and Dr. Peter Huson of Northern Nights Music Festival met with Linda Brodersen of the Southern Humboldt's School Foundation (SOS) and the Garberville Chamber of Commerce as well as members of the Leggett Valley Unified School District to donate proceeds from the groups annual event to Northern Mendocino and Southern Humboldt schools. The event straddles the Mendocino/Humboldt county line in Cook's Valley and the contributions to both county school districts also came in part from Keith and Trudy Bowman, Cook's Valley Campground owners and Piercy residents.

The organizers were also recently awarded with a internationally renown 'A Greener Festival' award, which is aimed to encourage festival organizers to make the best decisions to minimize their event's environmental impact, to monitor, identify and correct negative effects, and to share the message of caring for the environment with their audiences so that festivals can have a positive impact beyond the event itself. A total of 36 awards were given out, with only four awards going to U.S. based festivals.

The 2014 event also benefited several local non-profits including Piercy Volunteer Fire Department, Sanctuary Forest, The Eel River Recovery Project, Southern Humboldt Community Park, the Salmonoid Restoration Federation, and Friends of the Eel River. The event was greatly supported by KMUD Community Radio; with live, on air feed from the festival throughout the weekend.

Northern Nights Music Festival returns to Cook's Valley Campground in the summer of 2015 on the weekend of July 17-19. NN15 will feature live and upcoming performers from around the world as well as some of the best-respected local talent seen anywhere on the West Coast. NNMF looks forward to continuing its community involvement and its path to create a green festival, which focuses on environmental sustainability. Discounted holiday tickets will be available on 12/13/14 online for a limited time at http://ift.tt/Ou5y3F.

Requests for information can be sent to info@northernnights.org.

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