MUSIC CHANGES LIVES
Your contribution nurtures an appreciation for music by empowering A Child’s Song to provide programs and education to share the developmental, healing, and social-emotional benefits of music for children and adults.
Empower At-Risk Youth To Find Their Song
Jamie,* age 17, sat arms crossed, a hoodie and baseball cap pulled down low covering his face, angry and withdrawn.
When first invited into the group music session he cursed and refused any participation. One of his parents had been sent to jail, the other absent from his life. Forced into adulthood at an early age, Jamie clung to the protective air of detachment and aggression.
The other youth in the home reluctantly gathered around the drums and played some familiar beats of a popular song. They were immersed in the group, their uncertainty and hesitation no longer rooted in hostility, but in the pride of creating something new and feeling safe in an environment that promoted exploration, collaboration and respect. A focused determination.
Weeks later, Jamie was the first one in the room, inspired to share the beats and loops he had created and mixed and excited to expand on them. Not of a song that can be found on the radio…yet. But one of many songs he crafted, armed with skills to shape his future into something more promising, more hopeful.
It is an inclusive language, blind to circumstance, status, age or ability.
Help us change the lives of other at-risk youth, like Jamie, by making a donation to support our outreach programs that take music education directly to those desperately needing empowerment.
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With your help, we aim to change the lives of 67 individuals by the end of 2022. Each contribution will nurture an appreciation for music by supporting our programs and education that share the developmental, healing, and social-emotional benefits of music for children and adults of all ages and abilities.
* name changed to protect identity
Your contribution nurtures an appreciation for music by empowering A Child’s Song to provide programs and education to share the developmental, healing, and social-emotional benefits of music for children and adults.
“I have had the pleasure of participating and supporting Kristin’s (ACS instructor) drum circle at Sanctuary for the last 6 weeks and wanted to share what I have noticed. Clients at first were very timid, not engaged, and disinterested. Kristin’s beaming positive attitude and passion for music has become contagious. The clients, even the very shy ones, have become leaders in the drum circle. Kristin creates a drum circle that is also a safe space. Clients have come to the group escalated and in negative head spaces, but in just a few minutes their energy is uplifted. Please expand this program to our other locations! Our kids need this!”
