Santa's Goody Bag Band
Santa’s Goody Bag Band is a volunteer charity band in the Greater Cincinnati area that entertains audiences year-round with the goal of ensuring that children can get life-changing medical care regardless of their ability to pay.
It's 7:00 pm. You are sitting in a lively restaurant having a family dinner. But something unexpected happens. A group of jolly, instrument-bearing Santas charge through the doors loudly playing the song Santa Claus is Coming To Town.
Let me clarify.
About 20 full-grown adults— doctors, lawyers, managers, teachers— and I march through the restaurant in red tights, furry shorts, and suspenders playing Christmas music on trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and drums. While this scenario might seem more like an embarrassment to my community than an improvement, this group is much more than meets the eye.
Over the years, we have raised over $100,000 for Shriners Burns Hospital, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and Cancer Free Kids. We do whatever we can to make sure that kids can get life-changing medical care regardless of their ability to pay. And that means parading around Cincinnati dressed in red tights, furry shorts, and suspenders to do so.
Highlights:
- Raised over $30,000 for local children’s charities such as Shriners Burns Hospital, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and Cancer Free Kids since I joined and over $100,000 in total
- Entertained audiences year-round, collecting money with the goal of ensuring that children can get life-changing medical care regardless of their ability to pay