Musicians and Charities Get Together

StarTree Foundation, one of the area’s newest non-profit community service organizations, has announced plans to launch a coalition effort among locally-based charities in central coast Orange County for a series of summer partnership fundraisers to benefit their respective service programs. Beginning in Laguna Beach, this coalition effort hopes such fundraisers can provide additional promotional and financial support for the many worthy projects going on in these communities.

“These events can serve as a valuable template for increasing the visibility and recognition these community service organizations deserve” says Glori Fickling, a contributing editor for OC NOW and one of the coalition’s lead organizers. “In StarTree Foundation, we have found a committed and forward-thinking partner who can help us achieve this goal, and who has positioned itself to potentially be a major force in supporting a comprehensive range of public benefit programs throughout central coast Orange County. This coalition effort can help them get started, and is something we all should try and support.”

About StarTree Foundation and KOCI Radio

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, StarTree Foundation was created for the specific purpose of providing an innovative, locally-based, and non-commercial alternative to existing media outlets. Its programming and promotional mission uniquely combines entertainment and lifestyle interests with public affairs, education and community service support. It is a State of California non-profit public benefit corporation, with federal designation as both a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt organization and a public charity. It holds the unique distinction of being one of the few educational and community service non-profits of its kind to receive approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to own and operate a new class of low-power, community-based FM radio station. KOCI Radio, which plans to broadcast this summer from their new location atop the Newport Office Tower to better serve all of Orange County at frequency 101.5. KOCI is one of the very few Low-Power FM (LPFM) proposals in the nation to have secured FCC approval to serve an urbanized market on the scale of central coast Orange County, the size, diversity and amenities of which are among the most prominent in the country and recognized worldwide.