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Five Williamsport organizations received $600 each as part of the annual $3,000 distribution from the James David Robinson Cultural Arts Program.
The organizations were: Billtown Blues Association, Bald Eagle Art League, Repasz Band of Williamsport and Community Arts Center.
The Billtown Blue Association holds its "Fall Into The Blues" concert either at the Genetti Hotel or New Trail Brewery on Nov. 12.
Repasz Band has its Holiday Concert on Dec. 8 at the Community Arts Center, 200 W. Fourth St.
Meanwhile, Bald Eagle Art League holds an annual show each year at the Way's Garden, Fourth and Maynard streets.
The designees had to submit requests to Sean Walker, director of the city Recreation Department and they were approved recently by City Council as presented by Mayor Derek Slaughter.
The fund was established in perpetuity and in honor of the son of a retired city worker.
Robinson was 42 when he was killed in a collision involving himself and a police officer in 2014.
Terms of the settlement with the estate of James David Robinson included payment of $1 million.