Future Music Educators

Thank you to all of you who voted for MENC in the first round of the Chase Community Giving! Thanks to all of you, MENC was one of the $25,000 winners!

What You Can Do Now

Since MENC was one of the $25,000 winners, they are now in the running for $500,000 in the second round of voting. But only the charity with the top number of votes gets this money. So PLEASE VOTE! – If you have voted in the first round, please vote again in the second! It is a very simple process – simply click this link, “like” Chase Community Giving (if you haven’t done so already), and click “Vote” on the MENC page! This only takes about 30 seconds of your time and can have a HUGE impact on music education nation wide!

Where is the Money Going?

In order to proceed to the next round of voting, each charity had to have a “Big Idea”, an explanation of how the $500,000 would be spent. Here are MENC’s ideas:

Creativity, discipline, teamwork … just a few of the life-long benefits of music study.  But kids across the country are losing access to music as school programs are cut back or eliminated.   The most affected are those who need it most – kids in underserved communities.  We will use $150,000 to provide 100 grants of $1000 -$2500 to school music programs in the most underserved areas to help students achieve success through music.  We will use $150,000 to develop resources and to provide training to help teachers create music programs with strong foundations and also to help those whose programs are facing budget cuts.  We will use $200,000 for a national web/social media campaign to encourage kids to study music and others to support school music programs.  We will feature teachers and students in programs that have received grants – to show what is at risk and what stands to be gained.  Our BIG IDEA:  The study and making of music by all!

Vote and Share!

We all know the state of music education in our country. It seems like it is common to hear of another music department getting cut in a public school system. This is your chance to help! The process takes less than 30 seconds and will have amazing results for music education! Please tell your friends! Even if your friends are not music educators, they can still help this cause. Voting is open from today through May 25th. Please help to get the word out there and win one for music education!