ST. CECILIA: The Patron Saint of Musicians & Composers

The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation was founded in 2006 by Steve and his wife Gwen to serve as a vehicle for charitable service and giving back to their community through Steve's abilities as a singer/songwriter and performer. They hope to leave this foundation as a legacy for their children to participate in and learn the value of giving back.

Since the inception of The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation, donations have been given to the following organizations:

• St. Jude Research Hospital
• Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
• Palmer Home for Children
• H.A.N.D.Y. (Helping Abused Neglected Dependent Youth)

The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation is a Mississippi nonprofit (501)c3 charitable corporation. The focus of the foundation is to aid charitable organizations particularly in the Delta region as well as the Nashville area where he and his family reside. Priority will be given to Catholic organizations that aid sick, disadvantaged and abused children of all denominations. Also the foundation will aim to help benefit the areas of art and music within educational and cultural institutions.

Click here to contact the Foundation.

Click here to learn more about joining us in Helping the Children of St. Jude's Again in 2008.

February 2008
Recently The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation was presented a check from Kathy & Al Wisne for $10,000 to benefit H.A.N.D.Y. (Helping Abused Neglected Dependent Youth). Steve and his band performed at the event which was held by The Wisne's at their home in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

October 2007
Celebrate the joy of giving this Christmas with the The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation Christmas toy drive for St. Jude. If you would like to participate please send unwrapped toys, gift cards or checks made payable to the Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation to the address below. All donations need to be in by DECEMBER 7TH in order to deliver to the hospital and to allow time for shopping with the gift cards and cash.

PLEASE SEND DONATIONS TO ADDRESS BELOW:
St. Jude Radio & Entertainment
Attn: Jackie/Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation
1102 17th Avenue South
Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37212

July 2007
The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation recently donated $20,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Pictured (L to R): William E. Evans, PharmD, chief executive officer of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Aleen Sirgany, ALSAC, Ken Purvis, board member of The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation, Gwen and Steve Azar, founders (SASCF), Julie Azar and husband, Dr. Fred Azar, board member (SASCF)

June 2007
THE STEVE AZAR ST. CECILIA FOUNDATION BENEFIT & JAM was a huge success! Thanks to all of you who participated and showed your support.

To Read the review of the benefit party from About.com CLICK HERE.

To View the pictures from the event CLICK HERE.

The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation has teamed up with GoodSearch.com, a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.

Just click the link above and be sure to enter The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!

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Steve has joined forces with Afterschool Alliance, a national advocacy organization working on behalf of afterschool programs nationwide to ensure that all kids can have access to a safe, supervised place to learn and play at the end of the school day and before parents come home from work. Steve is helping to raise awareness of the important role of afterschool programs in the lives of youth, families and communities and more urgently - for the 14.3 million kids who take care of themselves in the afterschool hours. CLICK HERE