The Waiting Room Lounge

Lash's Toy Drive

w/ The Mercurys, The Filter Kings, & The Black Squirrels

The Toy Drive for Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is back! Since 2003, Omaha rockabilly musician Larry Dunn has organized a toy drive for the children of the Porcupine District of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. According to the 2000 census, Pine Ridge’s Lakota Sioux community is one of the most poverty stricken communities in the United States. The children of the reservation are desperately in need of some sunshine and cheer, especially during a time of cold, harsh winds and immense desolation like winters on the reservation can be. The majority of gifts for the children are collected at benefit concerts put on by Omaha-area musicians. Audience members can either bring in an unwrapped gift or donate $10 at the door. Every dime raised goes toward buying additional gifts and stockings. This year we would love to see all of the kids walk away with at least two presents and a stocking.