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Still smiling from last Sunday... Here’s a look back at some of our favorite moments from Jamming for Joy: A Feel Good Funkraiser. Thank you to everyone who made this unforgettable afternoon possible. ❤️🎶

The Highlight Reel 5/9: Jaguar Milk

In 2023, the UCI official campus newspaper described Jaguar Milk as “a celebration of friendship and funk.” The article characterized their style as “drawing musical inspiration from funk and soul legends like Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Bill Withers as well as contemporary funk bands such as Lawrence and Vulfpeck.” Anyone who saw their closing set on Sunday could simply describe it as FIRE! 🔥

In addition to being the front man for the band, Marco Caldarone—playing lead guitar and belting out all the soulful vocals—also happens to be our Youth Activities Coordinator. His background in music makes him the perfect leader for our guitar program and he lends his expertise and experience to help our young adult bands hone their performance skills and vocals.

Jaguar Milk founder Tarek Hariri (saxophone, keyboards), along with other band members Maddox (drums), Oliver (saxophone), Erika (bass), and Madhav (trumpet) have also donated their time to come and perform at our open mic nights known as Cafe Muse. It’s always such an inspirational treat for our young musicians to see what can transpire when you don’t give up!

You can find them on Instagram at @jaguarmilkband and their latest EP on all streaming platforms!

Marco also teaches our free guitar lessons on Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30, with the occasional help from Jukebox 3130’s Thomas Rebele! Come join our music family!

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Here’s wassup. Get ready…

MON: AIM High+Plus • Financial Literacy • Trade Careers

TUES: Total Health Tuesday • Inside Out 2

WED: Guitar • Diamond Painting • Clay Flower Frogs

THUR: AIM High+Plus OBEY Tour

FRI: TGIF • What Would Cody Play?

All programs are FREE. Ages 13-25. Register via link in bio or call/text 949.981.4998. ...

Still smiling from last Sunday... Here’s a look back at some of our favorite moments from Jamming for Joy: A Feel Good Funkraiser. Thank you to everyone who made this unforgettable afternoon possible. ❤️🎶

The Highlight Reel 4/9: Our Sponsors

Hi Everyone! Cindi here. An event like Jamming for Joy has countless moving parts and requires hundreds of hours of preparation. But all that effort means little if, at the end of the day, we don’t raise enough money or, worse, fail to cover our costs.

Thankfully, that was never a concern thanks to our incredible sponsors. Ed and Maggie Chang and Chris Jenkins, longtime supporters of The Noble Path Foundation, each donated $5,000 to ensure that every dollar raised at the event could go directly toward the free enrichment programs we provide for the youth of our communities. Their generosity lifted a tremendous weight from our shoulders and allowed everyone involved to simply enjoy the day.

We are also deeply grateful to Ryan Steinhoff from Foundation 2.0 for sponsoring our Fitness Challenge, Kristin Goddard with Laura’s House for spreading awareness on domestic violence, Mario Melendez of Rasta Rita Margarita for generously providing his parking lot and much of the event equipment, and to Roman Krecu of Los Molinos Beer Co. for donating 30% of his proceeds to support our mission.

During the event, I spoke about the African philosophy of Ubuntu, often translated as, “I am because we are.” It highlights the universal bond of sharing and interconnectedness that ties all of humanity together. 

It means your child is my child.
Their children are our children.
When one young person succeeds, our whole community becomes stronger.
When one young person struggles, we all have a responsibility to care.

The amazing donors who helped make this event a success personify this feeling of UBUNTU and prove that when we lock arms as neighbors, families, businesses, and friends, extraordinary things become possible. We are so grateful for their support. 💖

📸: @rosswhitaker ...

Still smiling from last Sunday... Here’s a look back at some of our favorite moments from Jamming for Joy: A Feel Good Funkraiser. Thank you to everyone who made this unforgettable afternoon possible. ❤️🎶

The Highlight Reel 3/9: Our Music Fam

Ryan Phillips started our music program with free guitar lessons back in 2022. While he was a teacher at JSerra he also taught band and helped spawn the music careers of a few students - two of whom went on to perform at venues like House of Blues and performed for us Sunday! One of them, Marco Caldarone, became the lead guitar and vocals for our headlining band Jaguar Milk AND our Youth Activities Coordinator! His friend Gunnar Gash has also recorded his own original tunes and delights our youth with frequent visits to our open mic nights! It’s always a treat to get all three of them together for a jam session, and jam they did!

Temi Krovblit has also been with us for years. The young singer/songwriter plays guitar and provided the lead vocals for our teen band The Vines. We’ve watched her music career blossom and grow and she’ll be performing at Ocean Fest this year, along with Jukebox 3130, and we hope you will show them some love if you’re there!

Bianca was a young teen growing up in Romania, following The Noble Path Foundation on social media and dreaming of joining us someday. Turns out nothing can stop her when she puts her mind to it and when she turned 18 a little over a year ago she showed up at our doorstep and we welcomed her with open arms!

The underlying theme with all of these musical acts on Sunday is one of FAMILY. The ohana vibe is strong within our TNPF community and it’s truly the heart and soul of everything we do!

Ryan plays bass with Neil Levin & the Cosmic Blues band when he’s not running a successful property management business and you can follow them at @neillevin.

Follow along with Temi’s career at @_temikrovblitmusic and check out what Gunnar is up to at @gunnar.gash.

Gorgeous photography by @rosswhitaker. ...

Still smiling from last Sunday... Here’s a look back at some of our favorite moments from Jamming for Joy: A Feel Good Funkraiser. Thank you to everyone who made this unforgettable afternoon possible. ❤️🎶

The Highlight Reel 2/9: The Fitness Challenge

At The Noble Path Foundation, we emphasize a total wellness approach for teens and young adults. In addition to mental health and life skills, the Jamming for Joy Fitness Challenge was a great way to highlight our efforts to improve physical health as well!

The challenge was simple and there were three ways to win: 1) Longest Plank 2) Longest Wall Sit and 3) Longest combined time for both.

Sponsored by Foundation 2.0, trainers Yolanda Milliken and Parker Curran encouraged and cheered for all our competitors and made sure everyone was using correct form. There were three beautiful baskets for the winners, filled with Foundy merch, gift certificates and other goodies. In addition, the winner of the combined challenges was able to choose which local school would receive all the money we raised from each $5 attempt.

Congratulations to Sienna Jenkins who won the Plank Challenge (over 11 minutes!) and to Matthew Shore who did the Wall Sit for over 12 minutes and also won the combined prize! We will be writing a check to St. Edward the Confessor Parish School for over $100 on his behalf.

Huge thanks to Yolanda, Parker and the wonderful crew over at Foundation 2.0. Make sure to follow them at @foundationsc_2.0 or better yet, go check out the amazing vibes and killer workouts at 1030 Calle Sombra, Suite B, San Clemente 92673! 🏋🏻‍♀️

📸 @rosswhitaker ...