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MUSICIANS EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND

100% OF YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL LAS VEGAS BLUES SOCIETY MUSICIANS

Musicians Emergency Relief Fund (MERF)

• Available to LVBS Blues Band Members (BBM) with at least 2 years

continuous membership with the LVBS only.

• BBMs must be registered with the LVBS.

• To be available for services related to funeral expenses,

catastrophic illness/long term disability affecting their ability to

perform, theft of instruments or lack of housing.

• Monetary grants will be awarded on a case by case basis but no

more than 20% of the funds within the MERF account up to a $500

maximum, and/or one benefit jam per BBM in need request.

• If MERF funds are depleted, a special benefit jam will be held.

• Requests for funds will be evaluated and voted on by the Board of

Trustees, and require a majority vote.

• Nominations for funds can be requested by the BBM in need or

anyone on behalf of that BBM.

• The LVBS will have at least one MERF benefit per year.

• All Member Musicians (MM) BBM will qualify to have a call for

funds from the Membership listed in the newsletter, a Donation jar

set up at a jam and/or a special fund raising event (jam, 50/50,

raffles, etc).

Revised June, 2020