Community Service

Loni Gamble and Sound Cheque believes that the key to their success is giving something back to the community. Whenever possible, the band has supported fund raising benefits for non-profit charitable organizations such as The Special Olympics, The March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon, The YWCA / Lycoming Alliance for Justice & Equality, Aids Resource Alliance and several neighborhood playground and school programs.

The most heartfelt benefit appearances for Loni Gamble and Sound Cheque were for three tragedies that struck close to home. The band donated their time and talent to perform for the 1996 "Flood Relief Concert" (when the Susquehanna river overflowed it's banks and displaced many families), the "Angels of 800 Benefit Concert" (to benefit the Montoursville, PA families of the victims of TWA Flight 800 plane crash), and the "Denise Meile Benefit concert" (for a young woman who became paraplegic after tragic swimming accident).

But, at the top of the group's Community Service agenda is the "Unity Concert", an all-day outdoor event in Williamsport's Brandon Park to promote "Unity in the Community" and to inspire people regardless of race, age, religion, etc. to "Come Together as One".

In 1991 the Klu Klux Klan (a white supremacist group) had planned a rally in Williamsport. To counteract the divisiveness of the event and to lessen the threat of violence, a musical concert was planned for the same day. The concert was conceived as an effort to emphasize love, brotherhood and respect for community. Since that time the Unity Day concert has become an annual event in Williamsport and the original KKK rally never took place. It was canceled.

In 1998 Mr. Gamble, as Chairperson of the concert committee (since it's inception), was awarded the "YWCA Racial Justice Award" for his work with the concert and for his contributions to the community.

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