Carson City's BAC School of Rock Senior Years presents Nevada Humane Society with performance donations
On Friday, the BAC School of Rock Senior Years presented two checks to the Nevada Humane Society Carson City branch, sourced from the Greenhouse Garden Center and the Brewery Arts Center.
The BAC School of Rock Senior Years is a volunteer band and chorus under the direction of Jimmy Rossi. They started the group the year before the pandemic and, after a short hiatus, started rehearsing again socially distanced and with special singers’ masked.
Since that time, they have grown and added musicians, and now they’re singing music form the 60’s and 70’s, along with a lot of hits from the Beatles.
The group has performed many times at the Carson Senior Center, and at Comma Coffee. They also have other opportunities to sing in May, June, and July, along with their showcase Beatles Show on Oct. 15 at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall.
Recently, the Greenhouse Garden Center requested the group to sing at their annual Easter event, where they performed in the outdoor Gazebo.
All proceeds from that performance and their tip jar went to the Nevada Humane Society.
“Jimmy and most of us have a heart for the sweet animals at the Humane Society, and the work the Humane Society does for the community,” said Joanie Colburn.
The donations totaled $637 to help support services provided by the Humane Society.
“As Nevada’s only open-admission, no-kill shelter we help over 18,000 pets in need every year,” said a spokesperson for the Nevada Humane Society. “We are entirely reliant on grant funding and donations to do our life-saving work and are so grateful to the BAC School of Rock Senior Years and the Greenhouse Garden Center for their support! It is generous donations like this one, that help us save the lives of Carson City pets in need every day.”
“Especially in the post pandemic world, we all need comfort, and nothing provides comfort more than animals,” said Colburn. “Plus, animals are better than people,” she joked.
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