Will you join us in cultivating a thriving global community generated by the power of cultural curiosity, education, connection, and preservation?
One of the most impactful ways to support LEAF right now is by making a thoughtful, tax-deductible donation. Any amount goes directly toward supporting LEAF and all of our programs. LEAF is so much more than just the festival:
Thank YOU for being part of this journey. We are dedicated to our mission and the future!
If you prefer mail, phone, email:
LEAF Global Arts, 19 Eagle St, Suite 120, Asheville NC 28801
828.68-MUSIC (686-8742)
Development@theLEAF.org
Please reach out for any support.
Your GIFT is IMPORTANT!
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Your Gift 100% supports Global Arts Education Programs & Artists Locally & Globally.
For just $65+ a year, YOU can be a LEAF Member creating collective impact through Culture, Arts & Education!
Membership supports LEAF Schools & Streets and LEAF International. Membership supports keeping our essential mission-driven programs thriving, and enriches our connections with you. There are some sweet benefits to enjoy as well. Membership says to our Culture Keepers and Teaching Artists “YOU are supported. Your culture, youth and you are important. LEAF is here for YOU! ”
THANK YOU LEAF MEMBERS! We welcome questions & connections: Engagement@theLEAF.org
Bundle Your Book with Membership $100+ to get great GIFTS (like PJs /Blanket). Click Here!
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As a LEAF Member, your support helps write the next chapter of our shared journey.
Celebrate the story you’re helping to create with The LEAF Book — a stunning tribute to 30 years of community, culture, and creativity. Book solo is just $49.95 so easy to Join or Renew your Membership bundle with the LEAF Book – Live Life Like A Festival.
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All LEAF Memberships include:
Includes basic benefit package listed above plus:
$25 Yearly
Includes basic benefit package listed above plus:
$65 Yearly
Includes benefits of previous level plus:
$125 Yearly
Includes benefits of previous level plus:
$250 Yearly
Includes benefits of previous level plus:
$500 Yearly
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$1,000 Yearly
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$2,500 Yearly
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Join by Phone: 828.68-MUSIC [686-8742]
Join by mail: LEAF Global Arts
19 Eagle Street, Suite 120, Asheville, NC 28801
*Please make check payable to LEAF Global Arts with Membership in the Memo Line*
One of the benefits of LEAF Membership is that we are connected to a global community of donors who believe in harnessing the power of cultural arts as a lens for cultivating cultural curiosity and bringing greater harmony to our world. Our members continue to inspire us by supporting cultural arts learning experiences for youth locally & globally. As you decide if, where, and how, you can support we ask that you look in your own back yard. Our local businesses provide job opportunities, join us in partnership and serve our community on a daily basis. We want to highlight the Businesses that allow us to do what we do, thank them for their support and encourage you to show them love where you can. Some of these businesses are sharing special deals with you, some are feeding/supporting their community as most needed, and some are striving to forge a path through this pandemic. One thing is for sure, like you, they are a part of the LEAF community.
If you’re a business owner and want to find out more about how you can support LEAF reach out to Sponsors@theLEAF.org today!
Reflecting on Resilience and Community: At first glance, it’s hard to think about the gratitude for 2024 since Hurricane Helene visited us on September 28th. However, in creating this report it was important and healing to reflect on the nine months leading up to the storm that were filled with hope and remarkable efforts, and a journey after the storm that continues to give LEAF challenges and gifts. Explore the Gratitude Report to see the impact of YOUR support!
GLOBAL CITIZEN
•Dan Lucas Memorial Fund
•Alexandra & Don Clayton
•The Ben Gradison Family
•Burial Beer Co
•Allen Stahl + Kilbourne
•Paul Mitchem Family
VISIONARY
•Charles “Charlie” Gwinn
•Cindy & Pete Perez•
LUMINARY
•Falcon Construction
•Mah Jong
•Peace-Love-Happiness
•Asheville Community Movement
•Westmoreland & Scully: Corner Kitchen & Chestnut Restaurants
•Drs. Linda & George Milsaps
CULTURAL AMBASSADOR
•Enter The Earth
•Barbara Benisch & Jacque Allen
•James “Jim” Bird
•Pasta & Provisions
CULTURAL AMBASSADOR
•Grey Eagle Music Hall
•Industrial Tape & Supply
PATRON
•Red House Architecture
•Fox Cove Photography
•Green River Botanicals
•Stumphouse Design
•Susan & Andrew Grover/Baxter
•Harmony AVL+media
•Gardens of Health
•Beasley Family
•Boekelheide Family
PATRON
•Asheville Pizza South
•EDEN-OUT
•Luster Clean
•Illustrated Map of Asheville
•Perkins and Sons, LLC
•Sarah Hairell-
Carolina One Real Estate
•HunterKemper Consulting|•Ritter, Zaretsky, Lieber & Jaime, LLP
•Eden Rock Real Estate
•PeaceBug Farm
•JSJ Contracting
•Health Designs, LLC
•Ethereal Leaf
•Tosco Music
Reach out to Members@theLEAF.org
AN URGENT LETTER FROM THE LEAF BOARD:
For nearly 30 years, LEAF Global Arts has connected people through the power of art, music, and culture. Every shared moment has been made possible because of you – our community.
The LEAF Festival is critical to funding LEAF’s larger work: providing global cultural arts programming for thousands of local youth and preserving cultures and traditions around the world.
This year, we are facing a financial crossroads: between the loss of last fall’s Festival, losing a majority of our arts education funding in 2025, and not fully recovering from COVID, the future is bleak. The upcoming LEAF Festival could be our last if we don’t come together to sustain the heart of LEAF’s mission – but we have seen what this community can do when united for a cause greater than itself.
To open the Festival experience to as many people as possible, and to rally the full spirit of LEAF, we are offering a limited number of LEAF LOVE Tickets at a significant discount.
These special tickets, offered at 30% off (our highest discount, even more so than our Early Bird pricing) are our way of ensuring everyone has a place in this story. Full-priced tickets also remain available for those with the means to give a little more to help support LEAF’s vital work.
Your presence, your voice, and your support matter more than ever right now. Join us in making this LEAF Festival one that the world will never forget and ensuring the music continues for generations to come.
Mayani is a Maasai boy from longido Arusha. He went to boarding school at 6 years old and lost his Maasai language and tradition. Since joining the LEAF program, he has learned to sing Maasai songs, practiced the ‘jump’ tradition and wear Maasai shukas (traditional clothing). Mayani is extremely happy and is currently teaching other youth the culture.
