Upcoming Events at The Waiting Room Lounge
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Toy Drive For Pine Ridge $10 or a new toy per venue / $15 & 2 toys for both venues The Waiting Room Lounge Jump the Tiger, Matt Cox, All Young Girls Are Machine Guns, 24 Hour Cardlock, King Of The Tramps Reverb Lounge Lash LaRue & the Hired Guns, Korey Anderson, John
Event Details
Toy Drive For Pine Ridge
$10 or a new toy per venue / $15 & 2 toys for both venues
The Waiting Room Lounge
Jump the Tiger, Matt Cox, All Young Girls Are Machine Guns, 24 Hour Cardlock, King Of The Tramps
Reverb Lounge
Lash LaRue & the Hired Guns, Korey Anderson, John Henry, & Vox Combo
Doors at 7:30pm / ALL AGES
About the Toy Drive:
The Toy Drive for Pine Ridge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that collects and delivers toys for children of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and raises donations for heating, clothing, food, and educational resources for residents of the reservation.
The toy drive started in 2003 with Larry Dunn—an Omaha musician also known as Lash LaRue—a friend and a small pick-up truck.
Dunn became aware of the extreme need of the residents after spending time on the reservation.
The U.S. Census Bureau lists Pine Ridge as the most poverty-stricken area in the United States. It isn't unusual to see frost on the inside of reservation homes during the harsh South Dakota winters. Food and heat are often scarce. Medical care is limited and without easy access. Dunn also learned that because of all this, very often children of Pine Ridge had no holiday gifts.
In 2003, Dunn arranged a benefit concert to collect toys for Pine Ridge children. Several of his musician friends agreed to perform at the concert. Approximately $500 in cash was collected, along with a large selection of toys.
The toys were loaded into his friend's camper pick-up and made the nine-hour trip to the reservation from Omaha. Later, Dunn told of hearing a very small boy say to his mother during the toy giveaway:
"See, Mom, I told you Santa wouldn't forget."
Each year has added more concerts and other events, such as a radiothon and concerts outside Omaha. Because of the growth of the Toy Drive, Dunn expanded its reach on Pine Ridge: providing resources to a medical clinic on the reservation, assistance for elders, including a heating fund, and educational resources for schoolchildren in Pine Ridge. David Swallow Jr., a Lakota spiritual leader and Medicine Man from the Porcupine District, organizes gift distribution in the middle of December.
Dunn and the Toy Drive were recognized by the United Way o
$10 or a new toy per venue / $15 & 2 toys for both venues
The Waiting Room Lounge
Jump the Tiger, Matt Cox, All Young Girls Are Machine Guns, 24 Hour Cardlock, King Of The Tramps
Reverb Lounge
Lash LaRue & the Hired Guns, Korey Anderson, John Henry, & Vox Combo
Doors at 7:30pm / ALL AGES
About the Toy Drive:
The Toy Drive for Pine Ridge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that collects and delivers toys for children of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and raises donations for heating, clothing, food, and educational resources for residents of the reservation.
The toy drive started in 2003 with Larry Dunn—an Omaha musician also known as Lash LaRue—a friend and a small pick-up truck.
Dunn became aware of the extreme need of the residents after spending time on the reservation.
The U.S. Census Bureau lists Pine Ridge as the most poverty-stricken area in the United States. It isn't unusual to see frost on the inside of reservation homes during the harsh South Dakota winters. Food and heat are often scarce. Medical care is limited and without easy access. Dunn also learned that because of all this, very often children of Pine Ridge had no holiday gifts.
In 2003, Dunn arranged a benefit concert to collect toys for Pine Ridge children. Several of his musician friends agreed to perform at the concert. Approximately $500 in cash was collected, along with a large selection of toys.
The toys were loaded into his friend's camper pick-up and made the nine-hour trip to the reservation from Omaha. Later, Dunn told of hearing a very small boy say to his mother during the toy giveaway:
"See, Mom, I told you Santa wouldn't forget."
Each year has added more concerts and other events, such as a radiothon and concerts outside Omaha. Because of the growth of the Toy Drive, Dunn expanded its reach on Pine Ridge: providing resources to a medical clinic on the reservation, assistance for elders, including a heating fund, and educational resources for schoolchildren in Pine Ridge. David Swallow Jr., a Lakota spiritual leader and Medicine Man from the Porcupine District, organizes gift distribution in the middle of December.
Dunn and the Toy Drive were recognized by the United Way o
