October Partners: DonorsChoose.org and Americal Musical Supply October 6
I’m excited to announce our October music education charity: DonorsChoose.org. This is a very unique organization in that it allow us, the donors, to choose a specific project in a specific public school classroom to fund.
For instance, this Colorado teacher is trying to raise $555 to purchase ukulele starter kits for her 3rd to 5th grade students. This classroom is in a Title I school where the students typically cannot afford private music lessons. She has already raised $231 and has just $323 to go.
Or, check out this high-poverty classroom in Texas. This request has come from a pre-K through 3rd grade music teacher who want to purchase rainforest design Remo drums so her students can experience the fun of creating rhythms with their classmates. They only need $72 to fully fund this project.
What can you do to help? This month, there are two ways that we’re raising donations for this charity. First, we’ve partnered with online musical instruments retailer American Musical Supply. If you make an online purchase from AMS during the month of October, 6% of your purchase will be set aside and donated to DonorsChoose. At the end of the month, gearpipe.org readers will get to vote on the projects that we fund with the money we’ve raised. To make sure your gear purchases are tracked, please use the AMS links on this site.
You can also donate directly to DonorsChoose. All month, dozens of websites are competing to raise funds for these projects, so these donations will be tallied for gearpipe.org. Of course, this is a tax-deductible donation and you can choose the classroom project you wish to fund. Keep in mind that DonorsChoose funds all types of classroom projects, not just music-related. So, if your passion is math or science, fund a math or science project. Likewise, if you’d like to fund a project in a school in your town, you can search by city or school. Again, make sure you use our links to ensure that our group gets credit for these donations.
Check back all month and track our progress!
