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The Mimi Fishman Foundation recently joined forces with Phish's WaterWheel Foundation in an auction of Phish's New Years run tickets. The auction raised over $10,000, which was then donated to The Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in NJ and The Food Bank for New York City to assist with their hurricane Sandy recovery efforts.

The Mimi Fishman Foundation has launched a new on-line charity auction that features several New Years Eve ticket/poster packages as well as Phish memorabilia featuring a very rare kick drum head that was used by Phish in the 90's and has been signed by the band. The auction also includes a large number of Phish 2012 Summer Tour posters signed by the band and a very unique memorabilia package from the 2011 New Years run. Umphrey's McGee and the String Cheese Incident have kindly contributed New Years Eve ticket/poster packages as well.

The on-line auction is currently live with the bidding coming to close November 14.

To view and/or bid on the auction, as well as read about the charities the auction supports, please visit the Mimi Fishman Foundation Auction Page.

The Foundation also announces 2012 3rd Quarter Grants:

• $10,000 - Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments
• $1,000 - Helping Hounds
• $1,000 - Borinquen Defensores de Animales del Sur (BDAS)
• $1,000 - Jordan-Elbridge Central School
• $500 - Front Range Hippotheorapy

Monday, August 27 was a special day for the Foundation. Taking advantage of a day off in Phish's tour schedule, Jon Fishman (Phish), Jon's wife, mother-in-law, and children, along with Matty Beck (WaterWheel), Lee Scott (Jon's drum tech), John Langenstein (Phish Director of Security), and David Shulman (Mimi Fishman Foundation) paid a visit to the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments (DGC).

During the visit the MFF donated $5,000 to the DGC, increasing the grand total donated to the Center to over $160,000. Jon Fishman also sang songs with the Delta Gamma children and led them in a drum circle.

It was so heartwarming to see the wonderful work the Center does with the kids (ages birth to three).

The auction features a lineup of musical heavy hitters including Phish, String Cheese Incident, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Widespread Panic, & Radiohead.

The auction will benefit several organizations including Conscious Alliance, a Boulder based nonprofit organization committed to distributing much needed food to communities across the United States and providing long term solutions to hunger by focusing on empowerment programs for youth in impoverished regions of the country.

The auction runs through June 25, 2012 and can be found at http://www.mimifishman.org/auctions/

To view and/or bid on the auction, as well as read about the charities the auction supports, please visit the Mimi Fishman Foundation Auction Page.

Phish's WaterWheel Foundation and the Mimi Fishman Foundation have teamed together once again with an on-line charity auction featuring ticket packages for the first leg of the Phish 2012 Summer tour.

Phish kicks off their 2012 Summer Tour on June 7 in Worcester and concludes the leg on July 8 in Saratoga Springs. Stops along the way include Deer Creek, Alpine Valley, and more, as well as a 3-night run in Atlantic City.

The auction also includes the Hurricane Dress that Phish drummer Jon Fishman wore during the VT Flood Recovery Benefit concert at the Champlain Valley Expo. The dress is signed by Jon as well. The funds raised for the dress will go to the WaterWheel Vermont Flood Recovery Fund at the VT Community Foundation.

In addition the auction features a very special Strangefolk reunion package. The items featured in the package were donated in honor of Patrick Gallagher and will benefit the Adirondack ASPCA and the Humane Society of Chittenden County.

The WaterWheel Foundation was created by Phish in 1997 to oversee the band's various charitable activities. The Mimi Fishman Foundation was established in 1999 by Miriam "Mimi" Fishman (the late mother of Phish drummer Jon Fishman) and David Shulman and was created as a vehicle to raise funds for various charities important to Mimi.

The on-line on-line auction is currently live with the bidding coming to close on Monday, March 26.

To view and/or bid on the auction, as well as read about the charities the auction supports, please visit the Mimi Fishman Foundation Auction Page.