New Scholarship Fund in Memory of Lois Callander

We are pleased to announce that a new scholarship in the amount of $20,000 has been established by Barbara Callander in the memory of her mother, Lois Callander, a former piano teacher who passed away last year. The scholarship will be available to talented students to study piano at the advanced level. We always enjoyed seeing Lois at our events each year and because of Barbara’s generosity, Lois’s presence will be felt for years to come.

Slaight Family Foundation Donation

Hundreds of children have benefitted from the generosity of the Slaight family through their support of the Minstrel Foundation. This is to be continued in a donation of $80,000 per year for the next five years. Our thanks to the family foundation and particularly to Ms. Ada Slaight who has been a Minstrel Foundation benefactor since our inception.  The money will go to send youngsters to summer and March Break camps, where music and fun go hand in hand and where it’s easy to see how important a week in the country still is.