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Backyard Concerts Are the Best!
Join us for an exclusive first: the inaugural JWF Small Circle Series, featuring an intimate evening performance by The Four Corners — Peter Dammann (guitar/vocals), Steve Kerin (piano/vocals), Lefty Head (fiddle/vocals), and Jennifer Smieja (vocals/guitar).
There but for Fortune: The Community Cares Raffle
Reading about those who benefit from The JWF’s Musician Health & Services Program and from Meals on Wheels People, we are reminded of how, but for fortune, we and those we love may find ourselves in similar circumstances – and how we can celebrate our good fortune by helping others.
Know. Adapt. Perform. Suayves Hydration Joins JWF at the Waterfront Blues Festival
If you’ve ever watched a musician load in at 8 a.m., play a blistering two-hour set under a blazing July sun, break down their gear, and then do it all over again the next day — you know that performing is physical work. Demanding, unglamorous, and often underestimated physical work. This July 4th weekend at the Waterfront Blues Festival, the Jeremy Wilson Foundation is proud to welcome Suayves Hydration as a Community Cares sponsor — and we think this partnership makes a lot of sense.
Community Cares – In So Many Ways
It’s more than six months after Giving Tuesday – and all the end-of-the-year reminders that so many people need our help. But while the needs don’t go away, neither does the caring.
Helping Monica scale the long road to recovery
Monica Nelson is fighting hard to recover strength and mobility after a debilitating fall. Without Monica’s performing income, she and her husband are also fighting hard to meet their financial needs. Your help can reduce the stress of managing daily expenses, a major barrier to her ability to heal. Your emotional and financial support through the dedicated Artist Relief Campaign can encourage her throughout the healing process.
There is no one like her - Janet Julian
Three hundred and fifty people gathered at the Alberta Rose Theater on April 12 to celebrate the remarkable life and spirit of Janet Julian.
JWF ANNUAL REPORT 2025
In 2025, we reached a milestone that redefines what the Jeremy Wilson Foundation is capable of.
The Healing Power of Music
Musicians On Call has started its first Portland program, bringing music to the bedside of VA patients. Ready to expand, MOC is looking for volunteers to experience the joy of connection. The most pressing need is for volunteer guides who accompany volunteer musicians on their rounds.
The Boogie Cat Cares
The last sentence on Norman Sylvester’s website bio page is this: The Boogie Cat is your friend.
And that about sums it up. Just by nature of you breathing and walking this earth, Norman, The Boogie Cat, will consider you a friend and do whatever he can to help. We are so lucky that he lives in Portland, and that he brings his music and his love to all of us following his 80th birthday, as he has done all the previous years of his life. READ MORE