Austin-Based Nonprofit HOME Gears Up for the Second Annual Virtual Benefit

Austin-based nonprofit HOME, Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers, gears up for their second annual benefit, HOME COOKIN' FOR THE HOLIDAYS, taking place this Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 from 7 - 9 p.m. CST. The organization has also launched their online auction for the benefit where HOME supporters can bid on vintage posters and unique finds straight from the HOME all-star Board Members, local art, and of course plenty of music, from records to instruments. 100% of proceeds benefit HOME. To shop the auction items, please see here. This year's benefit will be a virtual broadcast and will feature an array of incredible talent includingAmy Helm, Band of Heathens, Bob Schneider, Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis, Carolyn Wonderland, Cindy Cashdollar, CJ Chenier, Dave Alvin, Delbert and Delaney McClinton, Dion, Eve Monsees, Gloria Gaynor, Jackie Venson, Jai Malano-Ayers, James McMurtry, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Kathy Valentine, Lisa Pankratz, Los Lobos, Marcia Ball, Los Texmaniacs, Michael Ramos, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Red Young, Ruthie Foster, Sarah Brown, Shawn Colvin, Shelley King, Shinyribs, Sunny Sweeney, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Terry Allen, Texas Guitar Women and Turk Pipkin. For a preview of the talent at this year's benefit, please see here.

In addition to musical performances, HOME will be bringing back their cooking segments, featuring CJ Chenier, Kevin Russell of Shinyribs and more. During the cooking segment portion of the benefit, event viewers will get to join several artists from the lineup in cooking up their favorite holiday dishes. The benefit will be donation-based and will be streamed via the HOME website, where attendees can tune in, donate to the organization and shop the auction items. The benefit will also be streamed via the HOME Facebook page, the KUTX 98.9 Youtube channel, via Luck Presents and will air on Channel 16 here in Austin. HOME encourages their performing artists to promote the benefit stream on their personal pages as well. Special large donors will receive pre-event packages to enjoy during the event. For more information on HOME, or to watch or rewatch the footage from HOME Cookin' For The Holidays 2020, please visit www.homeaustin.org.

Sponsors for this year's benefit have also been announced and include Judy and Patrick Cantilo, Randall Jamail, Cirrus Logic, In Rocking Memory of Jayne Lee, Brown Distributing Company, Turk and Christy Pipkin—The Nobelity Project, Gary P. Nunn—Texas Maskuerade Party, Jumper Productions, HEB, Age of Central Texas, Budweiser, Juice Consulting, KUTX 98.9, Luck Reunion, Netspend, Mark Kazanoff, Walter New, Elizabeth Reinisch, Trish Roach and Rob Martin, Alison Silverstein and Ernie Wood, Mechelle Slaughter, Sally Wittliff, Lawrence Wright and Diana Zuniga.

As a founding board member of HOME, I have been delighted to watch our non-profit grow from helping one person to 23 full time clients, said Nancy Coplin, President of HOME. We have helped many others during COVID-19 times with emergency grants. Home Cookin' For The Holidays is a wonderful and fun way to raise money to support our mission. This is our second virtual show and it just gets better and better.

HOME is growing and helping more of our Austin musicians every year, said Marcia Ball, Founding Board Member. Our first HOME Cookin' For The Holidays was a great success and we're working on topping that with more artists, more food, and more fun. It's all about keeping our musical community secure so we can continue to enjoy their creativity and honor their legacy by showing love and support for those who have given us so much.

It's been awesome to watch how HOME started out as a little get together at Marcia Ball's house over gumbo and conversation, to figuring out how to help our living icons in the area, said Ruthie Foster, Advisory Board Member. There are so many who entertain night after night here and beyond and yet come home and still aren't able to pay their own bills. This is where HOME has stepped in; to help. As a veteran I couldn't think of a better way to say to our musicians and entertainers 'thank you for your service!'

HOME was founded over nine years ago by influential women in the Austin music community, performers and industry professionals alike, as a means to help a fellow musician, Miss Lavelle White, after she moved back to Austin and had no place to stay and no performances lined up. These remarkable women (see board below) recognized the need for there to be a resource for aging musicians and stepped in to establish HOME. Through the nonprofit, they are able to provide financial grant assistance to musicians over the age of 55. They currently have twenty three full time clients and plan to add more to their monthly support through 2022. With continued support and donations, HOME hopes to continue adding to their COVID-19 Emergency Grant funding, which includes $500 one-time relief grants for rent and utilities for musicians over 55. Thus far, they have given out approximately 160 of these $500 grants to help with rent and utilities, resulting in $80,000 in grants.

ABOUT HOME

HOME was formed by a group of concerned women in Austin, Texas, for the purpose of providing financial housing assistance for aging musicians in need. To do so, HOME works to channel the generous donations of those who love Austin music toward easing those challenges. HOME is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit organization that strives to create more security for aging musicians of the Austin, Texas, music scene by providing financial grant assistance and other assistance, including referrals to available resources. The performers who put Austin on the musical map have spent most of their careers working without a safety net. As they age, the fall from the tightrope becomes increasingly perilous. The HOME Board of Directors includes Nancy Coplin (President), Marcia Ball (Vice-President), Denise Boudreaux (Secretary), Jaye Stepp (Treasurer), Deb Fleming, Marsha Milam, Sarah Brown, Shelley King, Catarina Sigerfoos, Carolyn Wonderland, Eve Monsees, Hanna Cofer and Reenie Collins. The HOME Advisory Board includes Susan Antone, Ruthie Foster, Becky Tomblin, Darcie Fromholz, M.J. Mendell, Andrea Villareal and Jai Malano.

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