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If you don't have a hand-drum but would still like to help us build music therapy programs we found some really great deals through Interstate Music, and West Music with prices ranging from $8.99 - $19.99. We are not affiliated with either organization so your transaction will be private.
'Beat Teams' began in July of 2012. As music education programs continued to be cut and access to music therapy programs continued to be dependent on where a person lived, we decided to collect instruments that people were no longer using and give them to music programs in need, in hopes that music therapy programs could grow in areas where people had limited access. Since our first trip to Sunrise DayCamp in Long Island we have collected and delivered over 200 instruments to music schools and music therapy programs in 11 US states, an orphanage in Haiti, and through Berklee College of Music's Music Therapy Service Time that used the instruments we collected at Hospital del Nino in Panama. Beat Teams has also spawned a live concert series throughout the US that serves as an instrument donation depot as well as a creative opportunity for different communities to come together and ensure that music programs will carry on and grow in both size and application.
Each instrument that is donated goes to help not just one person but entire communities that are seeking the opportunity to either learn how to play music or use music for it's healing benefits. Music Therapy helps populations from pre-natal to Hospice, including autism, Alzheimer's, PTSD, terminal illness, depression, and many many others.
PLEASE, if you have an instrument that you are no longer playing or know of someone who does, consider making a profound difference in the lives of many by donating today.
Lets continue to do this, "from the Ground UP"!!
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