Winner of BENEFIT's 2024 Crossroads Music Festival T-shirt design contest announced LEESBURG, Va. (June 17, 2024) – BENEFIT is pleased to announce the winner of the design contest for the organization’s official 2024 Crossroads Music Festival T-shirt — Samantha Rathjen of Leesburg, Virginia.   Photo caption: “Harmonic Unity,” created by Samantha Rathjen of Leesburg,  is the winning design for the official T-shirt of BENEFIT’s 2024 Crossroads Music Festival.  BENEFIT  is a coalition of musicians and community leaders uniting people with music to raise funds and awareness for nonprofit organizations serving children in Loudoun County.    Contest guidelines stated that artwork design submissions should be relevant to music, musicians or the mission of BENEFIT.   In the description that accompanied her design, “Harmonic Unity,” Rathjen stated she explored “the power of music to connect and inspire.” The handprint symbolizes “BENEFIT’s influence in supporting children through music in

BENEFIT announces grant recipients   LEESBURG, Va. (June 11, 2024) – Six nonprofit organizations have been selected as recipients of grant funding from BENEFIT.   Established in 2017,  BENEFIT  is a coalition of musicians and community leaders uniting people with music to raise funds and awareness for nonprofit organizations serving children in Loudoun County.    A total of $17,000 was awarded among the six nonprofit organizations. The grant funding was raised from proceeds of BENEFIT’s 2023 Crossroads Music Festival.   Recipients of BENEFIT grant funding include: Ryan Bartel Foundation , $2,900;  Dulles South Soup Kitchen , $2,900;  Food For Neighbors , $2,900;   A Hand Up - NOVA, Inc., which operates the  Northern Virginia Diaper Bank , $2,800;  Loudoun Education Foundation , $2,750; and  Loudoun Youth, Inc. , $2,750.   “The work our nonprofits do here in Loudoun is more important than ever as families face new post-pandemic challenges,”  Amy Bobchek, co-founder of BENEFIT, said. “ W