AVETT BROTHERS AT THE BEACH
2024 RECAP
We are so thankful to all the guests at Avett Brothers At the Beach for their incredible support this year! With your help we were able to raise more than $61,000 through the charity auction, golf tournament and our highest turnout ever for ‘Name that Tune Bingo’ with Deer Tick.
MIKE'S AMAZING PRESENTS:
DAY OF SERVICE & COMMUNITY CONNECTION
We had a lovely day at Luis Donaldo Elementary School in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico.
Upon arrival we were greeted by a wonderful group of teachers and curious children from the schools that were eager to help despite the teachers desire to keep them in the classrooms. The kids were anxious to engage and learn more about us sharing new words in English and Spanish. It was truly a day of community collaboration. After a quick rundown of the service projects for the day and quick photo, the crew immediately dispersed and got down to business.
For the next hour and a half, guests got to work scraping old paint off the walls of the school and applying fresh paint to both levels of the school building. Some of the guests looked like true works of art themselves, covered in all the fruits of their scraping and painting efforts! The day was capped off with delicious local food and beautiful musical stylings of the local jazz band Soul Trip.
Before we left, we presented the teachers with several loads of school & medical supplies the festival guests brought in their luggage with them from the States. We then boarded the bus with sweat on our backs, paint on wet clothes and full hearts from an amazing day we will never forget!!!
Special thank you to Mike’s Amazing for helping to sponsor our April events!
CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
We had a fantastic day on the links playing golf. 25 players joined us at the beautiful Hard Rock golf course, which is surrounded by nature. Each hole had gorgeous landscapes and you never knew what animal you might run into.
We raised over $3,500 with proceeds helping to cover the cost of new music equipment at a local elementary school on Puerto Adventures. So giddy-up!
CHARITY AUCTION
This year's auction was a tremendous success raising over $57,000 to support Positive Legacy’s mission and local partners! We were treated to an intimate auction opening set by the very talented Tania Elizibeth, followed by the live auction where things really heated up during the banjo bidding. Our live auction raised over $19,000 alone, with thanks to the dedicated fans of the Avett Brothers! In the end, all went away happy with money going to a great cause. Once again a huge thanks to Dave Vann, & Josh Timmermans for all the donated photography to the silent auction. And, a huge shout out to all the patrons that come back year after year and participate in the auctions, we couldn’t do this without you!
ACTIVITES
We had a great time with our ‘T-Shirt to Bag’ Upcycle Craftivity hosted in our HQ, where guests got a chance to repurpose an old shirt into a shopping bag. Way to reuse and recycle!
And this year's Bingo was a great time! Big thanks to Deer Tick for taking the charge. There were lots of laughs and over $4000 made during the game making it our largest turnout for ATB bingo ever!
2022 RECAP
We want to say thanks to all The Avett Brothers fans who helped us leave a Positive Legacy At The Beach!
We’re lucky to connect with such an amazing group of individuals who love music and value serving others as much as we do! Shoutout to all the fans that joined us to make zero-waste Tawashi sponges from recycled T-shirts. Even if we weren’t the best at this Japanese art form, we shared some laughs and made some friends along the way.
For this year’s Day of Service, we teamed up with Mike’s Amazing and Fundación RCD to assemble food and supply bags made from recycled hotel uniforms. Both DOS sessions sold out, and 50 volunteers helped us pack 300 bags with the ingredients to make eight meals for a family of four, proving that small actions really can make a big impact.
The time that we spent together was a delight, especially when it was poolside and BINGO was involved. The crew helped us raise $1,300 playing the game of chance while enjoying margaritas under the sun and a few lucky gamblers even took home photos from the PL archives.
On our final day in paradise, we were blessed by the beautiful songs of Langhorne Slim who played an unplugged acoustic set as the clock counted down the last hour of our silent auction. Two guests even went head-to-head in our most exhilarating live auction to date, vying against one another for the prized autographed drumhead and helping us set an At The Beach auction record raising over $40,000! We are already looking forward to the next time we get to share in the magic and joy of this incredible event and music community!
AT THE BEACH RECAP (2017-2020)
In 2017, 2018 and 2020, Positive Legacy worked with The Avett Brothers At The Beach, raising $100,000 for environmental and humanitarian projects!
Funds raised at ATB have supported:
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Proyecto Tortuga, funding the installation of recycling and trash bins at the Salta de Anamuya river and waterfalls
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Comunidad de Chemuyil, funding the building of a community center and garden
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Dreams for Mayan Children, funding a garden for the local school
We are grateful to all those who have participated in our activities including At The Derby, Name That Tune BINGO, At The Beach 5K (where you helped us raise an additional $2,200), the Golf Tournament and to those who have donated to our charity auctions and supply drives!