Happy!
Today I gave 2 of the women who live at the homeless shelter their very own new Eddy Finn Minnow ukuleles b/c they completed their 4 lesson program with me.
It was so amazing to see their faces as they opened the boxes!
One named her blue uke Leroy. The other who got a black uke (she loves black) just cried a little and hugged me (she had had a very difficult day with intensive counseling).
I love my work!
Now I'm teaching 2 classes per month at the Shelter (if the women complete 4 lessons and show diligence and interest they get their own Eddy Finn Minnow -- right now I'm funding this myself) through co-sponsors the Academy of Music in Norfolk and Tidewater Arts Outreach.
And 2 classes per week at Park Place Child Life Center's Creativity Over Crime Homework Club also co-sponsored by the Academy of Music.
I'm so grateful to the ukulele for giving me a way to give back to my community! And happily the Academy has been given a matching grant -- if we raise $500,000, our donor will match it for a total of $1,000,000 to be our endowment so we will always have an income!
Will try to post the pic of me and my students later!
Today I gave 2 of the women who live at the homeless shelter their very own new Eddy Finn Minnow ukuleles b/c they completed their 4 lesson program with me.
It was so amazing to see their faces as they opened the boxes!
One named her blue uke Leroy. The other who got a black uke (she loves black) just cried a little and hugged me (she had had a very difficult day with intensive counseling).
I love my work!
Now I'm teaching 2 classes per month at the Shelter (if the women complete 4 lessons and show diligence and interest they get their own Eddy Finn Minnow -- right now I'm funding this myself) through co-sponsors the Academy of Music in Norfolk and Tidewater Arts Outreach.
And 2 classes per week at Park Place Child Life Center's Creativity Over Crime Homework Club also co-sponsored by the Academy of Music.
I'm so grateful to the ukulele for giving me a way to give back to my community! And happily the Academy has been given a matching grant -- if we raise $500,000, our donor will match it for a total of $1,000,000 to be our endowment so we will always have an income!
Will try to post the pic of me and my students later!