The Joy of Music School would not exist without the many hundreds of people who “give back” to their community. Among them is a couple who live out those words by helping the School in a unique and significant way—once a year, every year.

Morton and Becky Massey donate their time and work alongside our staff at our annual Holiday Sparkles & Spirits (see “Save the Date” on page 1), helping to run the auction check-in and check-out with calm, friendly expertise. And they follow up each year with detailed spreadsheet reports that make tallying all the auction data a breeze.

They started offering their unpaid work on local charity auctions in 2002 to replace a 22-year hobby of coaching girls softball together. They now work on roughly 60 events a year, helped by a rotating group of about five volunteers.

Says Becky, a state senator representing District 6: “Besides the joy of knowing we are helping nonprofits raise more money and make their events more effective, we learn so much about so many great organizations.” We are proud to count ourselves among them.

 

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