The 12 Bands of Christmas® is a local, charity event that exposes some of the CSRA's finest talent while helping sick children, and their families, at the same time. Twelve local artists are chosen to record Christmas songs for a CD compilation and perform live in concert at the Imperial Theatre in December.

In the fall of 2003, Joe Stevenson (95 Rock's The Radar, Glue Stick Music
Promotions, People Who Must) and Ruskin Yeargain (Impulse Ride, producer
approached Coco Rubio (organizer of the 12 Bands of Christmas® concerts, Soul Bar) about tying a Christmas CD in with the annual concert. The idea was met with full enthusiasm and work on the project hit full speed. Through the help from donations, sponsors, participating retail vendors and the artists who participated, $10,000 was raised for Medical College of Georgia's Children's Medical Center.

In April of 2004, this community tragically lost Tamara Dunstan, a very special person and pediatric oncology nurse at MCG's Children's Medical Center. Tamara was a bright light for the children and staff on the 5th floor at the CMC. She loved her work but, more importantly, loved many of the children in her care who richly blessed her life as she did theirs. As a result, her family created the Tamara Cundey Memorial Fund in her honor. The sole purpose of Tamara's Fund is to better the lives of the patients and families of MCG's Children's Medical Center, in particular those children on 5C, the cancer/hemoc floor. Since it's inception, Tamara's Fund has reached over $250,000. Of that amount, nearly $100,000 has been contributed by The 12 Bands of Christmas®.

Tamara's Fund...
- Hosts Christmas Parties with crafts and presents for   all the children in the hospital.
- Provides dinners to the patients and families at the   CMC, serving over 600 meals to date.
- Provides "birthday goody bags" to the campers at   Camp Rainbow.
- Provides volunteers and funding for "Carnival Night" at Camp Rainbow.
- Provides Halloween costumes to the patients for their Halloween parties.
- Provided 2006 Thanksgiving lunch to the entire hospital including all   patients, patients families, doctors and nurses.

With your support, The 12 Bands of Christmas®, through Tamara's Fund, will continue to enrich the lives of these sick children and their families through programs like these and more. Please help us keep the vision that "Christmas should be everyday" for the children at the CMC.