Good Works

CD SINGLE RAISES FUNDS: A CD single, "Carry On," will benefit the renovation a 100-year-old farmhouse on the property of a synagogue in Bensalem, Pa., to create a youth center in memory of teenager Jason Rubin, who died suddenly from HIB, a rare bacterial infection. The song was written, produced, and performed by Peter Baltes and Patrick Sicilia, friends of Jason's parents, Gail and Richard Rubin. Baltes and Sicilia will donate their share of proceeds from the CD to the fund. The renovated farmhouse will be called the Jason Rubin Teen Center; $40,000 of the $100,000 renovation cost has been raised. For more information on how to obtain the recording, call 215-752-3468.
BALLOON BENEFIT: On Nov. 27, the annual Ruby Rubini Children's Music Foundation Benefit Concert & Celebrity Auction will be held at the Stone Balloon in Newark, Del. Established in 1994 to honor the memory of Rubini, a writer/producer who died that year, the foundation provides grants to underprivileged children and donates musical instruments to area music schools. This year's benefit, co-sponsored by WSTW-FM Wilmington, Del., features the Badlees, John Faye Power Trip, Mercy River, the Knobs, Daphne Hero, and Better Lovers, while the silent auction will include autographed items from acts such as Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Cheap Trick, Alanis Morissette, and Joan Baez. Contact: Jim Baeurle at 302-368-2001.
BID TO WIN: Atlantic Records and CDnow are in the midst of a monthlong charity auction, held online at http://atlanticauction.cdnow.com. All proceeds benefit the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation, a worldwide charity that funds the use of improvisational music as the means of communication in treating children with autism and other severe disabilities. Items up for bid range from the drum kit Phil Collins played at the 1985 LiveAid concert to autographed guitars from Jewel, Pete Townshend, and Robert Plant/Jimmy Page. Contact: Marlo Zoda at 215-619-9432.
LISTEN UP: Former President Jimmy Carter, Fortune 500 electronics entrepreneur Dr. Sidney Harman, and jazz musician Grover Washington Jr. took part in a Nov. 11 session of "Harman: How To Listen," a nationally touring music education program created by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and Harman International. Contact: Sid Whelan at 212-924-3916.
GIRL POWER: "Glad I'm A Girl," a Dec. 4 concert to be held in Palo Alto, Calif., will honor the memory of slain substance abuse counselor Tracey Biletnikoff. All proceeds for the event, promoted by Earthwise Productions, benefit the Support Network for Battered Women, the Mid-Peninsula YWCA Rape Crisis Line (an affiliate of Tori Amos' RAINN) in Palo Alto, and Tracey's Place of Hope, a proposed program of the Women's Recovery Assn. Penelope Houston, Bonfire Madigan, Umami, Billie Eyeball, Noelle Hampton, and Allette Brooks will perform. Contact: Mark Weiss at 650-949-4507.