Lake City Area Arts Young Musicians Fund pays for rentals, reeds for band students
Lake City Area Arts donated $255 from its Young Musicians Fund to Lake City Public Schools to pay for band instrument rentals for three students and a box of reeds for one student.
In his request for donation, band teacher Willy Leafblad said school administration had informed him that the families of the students wouldn’t be able to afford the fees.
Lake City Public Schools instituted instrument rental fees in recent years to pay for maintenance on the instruments students use.
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