Photos from MSG NYE 2024 pre-show Celebration

Thank you to every one who attended the pre-show Celebration at MSG on 12/30/24 and to all the volunteers who helped out!  The donations raised from the pre-show will support the volunteer events we host on tour.  In 2024, over 150 fans turned out to help local nonprofit organizations at the 9 volunteer events we held at Phish’s tour stops across the US.

Tour stop: Las Vegas, NV
Nonprofit: Hope For the City
Mission: Dedicated to transforming lives and eliminating hunger in the Las Vegas Valley and beyond. Committed to providing care, relief, essential life skills and resources to empower individuals, ensuring they have the vital support they need to thrive.
What we did:  WaterWheel volunteers played games with local kids  and handed out food and school supplies to them.

Tour stop: Mansfield, MA
Nonprofit: Keep Mansfield Beautiful
Mission: Empowering residents, businesses, and government to make Mansfield, Massachusetts a greener, cleaner place to live, work, and play.
What we did: The WaterWheel volunteers picked up 30 bags/670lbs of trash and watered 120 flower pots.

Tour stop: Ucasville, CT
Nonprofit: Avalonia Land Conservancy, Inc.
Mission: Preserves natural habitats in southeastern Connecticut by acquiring and protecting lands and by communicating the value of these irreplaceable resources.
What we did: The WaterWheel volunteers helped improve access to trails by moving logs, clearing and chopping down small trees and shrubbery obstructing the pathways.

Tour stop: St Louis, MO
Nonprofit: Gateway 180
Mission: Missouri’s largest family shelter on a mission to empower our clients to become permanently housed.
What we did: The WaterWheel volunteers helped put a fresh coat of paint throughout their facility.

Tour stop: Noblesville, IN
Nonprofit: The Indy Book Project
Mission: To ensure all children in the Indianapolis area have access to books. We collect books from the community, then sort, box, and get them right back into the hands of children who need them most.
What we did: WaterWheel volunteers played games and read to local kids and gave them books to bring home.

Tour stop: Grand Rapids, MI
Nonprofit: Kid’s Food Basket
Mission: To increase access to healthy food for children and families. Services include our flagship Sack Supper program, community-driven farming, family food provision and educational programming.
What we did: WaterWheel volunteers helped harvest produce at their farm in Grand Rapids.

Tour stop: Bethel, NY
Nonprofit: Catskill Animal Rescue, Inc.
Mission: Animal welfare organization dedicated to saving homeless, abused and abandoned animals and to protecting animals from cruelty and neglect through education and enforcement of humane laws.
What we did: WaterWheel volunteers helped enhance the safety and security of the runs in back of their shelter. These improvements will allow dogs the freedom to run around outside without harming themselves or each other.

Tour stop: Commerce City, CO
Nonprofit: Sand Creek Regional Greenway
Mission: To promote curiosity, environmental awareness, and community health through stewardship and experiences with an urban greenspace that offers equitable access and connection to the diverse habitats, communities, places, and cities thriving along the Sand Creek Regional Greenway.
What we did: WaterWheel volunteers helped collect water quality data, pick up trash, and remove invasive weeds along the greenway.

Tour stop: NYC
Nonprofit: The Bowery Mission
Mission: The Bowery Mission meets essential needs and creates transformative community with men, women, children and families in New York so that together we overcome homelessness and poverty.
What we did: Our volunteer crew served 262 lunches on Sunday, prepped food on Sunday and Monday, and sorted clothing donations for distribution.

Click on the images below to view larger. All photos by Michael O’Neil.