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Causes Supported - Our concerts have
raised more than $500,000!
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Music For Minors
has been bringing comprehensive, well-respected music education programs
to elementary schools throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties for
over 30 years. For many of the children served, MFM programs are the
only music education they will ever receive. Music
for Minors is a volunteer-based non-profit that is focused on instilling
a life-long love of music in its students. |
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West
Coast Songwriters, established in 1979, fosters creativity,
builds community and support songwriters from song creation through
music career development. Whether the goal is personal expression or
to make a living in the music industry, knowing how to write a well
crafted song or how to recognize one, is key to success in the music
field. WCS encourages members at any age or level of ability to join,
and is the most active music support networks in the country. With over
15 monthly events up and down the west coast, members are given numerous
opportunities to learn about the art of songwriting, perform their
songs, get feedback and have access to some of the most well respected
members of the music industry. WCS is there to help anyone interested
in writing, performing or working in the industry.
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The Arts |
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Community
School of Music and Arts
The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) was founded in 1968 by two
volunteers who, responding to the lack of music and arts education
opportunities for children in the community, created an all volunteer
community school of the arts. With $150 starting capital, 28 eager
students, 10 volunteer teachers, and a passion for music and arts
education, this unique Silicon Valley start-up launched itself from an
old house rented from the city. 35 years later, CSMA has become the
largest non-profit provider of arts education in the region, currently
reaching 25,000 people of all ages annually through: arts-in-the-schools
programs (Arts in Action, Music in Action); private lessons, classes and
camps; free concerts, exhibits and community outreach events; and a
generous financial aid program.
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First
Exposures: Youth Opportunities Through Photography
A San Francisco-based mentoring program initiated in 1993, in which
academic and life skills are developed when at-risk youth meet with
artist-mentors to learn photography. Volunteer mentors are professional
commercial and fine art photographers with a commitment to youth and to
education. Their students are creative young people, aged 11-18, whose
backgrounds include homelessness or other low-income living situations.
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Little Kids Rock
Little Kids Rock believes that all
children in our public schools deserve music education. Music education
is a transforming force in children's lives. This is why we are
dedicated to bringing free musical instruments and music instruction to
public school children. At Little Kids Rock, we believe that Music
Matters! |
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Old Skool Café
is a one-of-a-kind,
youth-run supper club featuring talented young chefs, waiters and
entertainers. They're using a fresh approach to violence prevention
-focusing on rehabilitating and giving hope to at-risk and previously
incarcerated youth.
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PaintBrush Diplomacy
Paintbrush diplomacy has been capturing the spirit of the world's
children through art for over 25 years. Paintbrush Diplomacy's mission
is to promote cross cultural understanding and artistic expression
through the exchange and display of international children's art. |
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Venice
Arts: in Neighborhoods
An innovative arts center that brings talented artists together with
low-income young people to guide them through experiences with the arts.
Venice Arts helps build positive interethnic relationships, exposing
young people to the tools, ideas, and environments that help them
express their creativity and improve their academic performance and job
readiness. |
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Environmental Education |
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Acterra
In an age of electronic communications, cars and cubicles, it is easy to
feel disconnected from community and nature. That’s why Acterra offers
innumerable opportunities to interact with our local ecosystems — and
with each other. |
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Hidden Villa
is a nonprofit educational organization that uses
its organic farm, wilderness, and community to teach and provide opportunities to learn about the environment and social justice. |
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Walden West
The Walden West Outdoor
School Foundation’s mission is to inspire every 5th & 6th grade student
in Santa Clara Country to gain a newfound respect for, and knowledge of
the natural world around them by learning and experiencing natural and
environmental science in an outdoor setting. Walden West’s 35-acre site,
dedicated teachers and staff introduce over 10,000 middle school aged
children each year to life and earth sciences. For many of these
children, their week at camp is filled with firsts…the first time
walking through a forest, the first time recycling a plastic container,
and the first time they have ever looked through the lens of a telescope
to discover a much larger world than their own. |
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Youth Health & Education |
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Camp Okizu
A special place for kids with cancer...where memories last forever.
Camp Okizu offers the unique opportunity for children with cancer (and
their siblings) to learn independence, nourish positive self-esteem and
gain skills they never thought were possible. At camp kids can be in a
safe, trusting environment. It is a place for fun, lasting friendships
and development of self confidence. |
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Child
Advocates
Child Advocates, founded in 1986, trains and supports Court Appointed
Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers to stand up for abused and neglected
children in foster care, helping them thrive and find safe, permanent
homes. Through the organization's Transitioning Teens Program, Advocate
volunteers work with teens ages 14 to 18 to develop the life skills,
network of relationships and life records needed to succeed as
independent adults. |
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The First
Place Fund for Youth
The First Place Fund for Youth, founded in 1998, works to remedy the
lack of services available to youth who are making the difficult
transition from foster care to independent living. Its services,
targeted primarily for ages 16 to 23, include assistance with housing,
education and employment. |
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The Girls
Club of the Mid-Peninsula
An after-school program for young girls where ethnic diversity, and
female knowledge and strength are celebrated and developed. On average,
50 girls/day take after-school classes in music, dance, creative
writing, basic computer skills and digital arts, which emphasize growth,
empowerment and self-esteem through creative expression and cultural
awareness. |
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Healthy
Young Attitude
Healthy Young Attitude provides a vital support network for young adults
(18 to 35 years old), whose lives have been affected by cancer. Members
support each other, trade ideas, and share the good times and the bad
through social events and monthly meetings. Like it or not, we all have
something in common. We have our war stories, periods of enlightenment,
and advice to share. That equals power when we unite! Learn,
Participate, and have fun! HYA is a program of the
American Cancer Society.
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Help One
Child
The Mission of Help One Child is to recruit, train and support married
couples or single adults willing to provide a home or volunteer services
for foster children. Help One Child is a non-profit, non-denominational,
local outreach to at-risk children in the foster care system. |
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Jeremiah's Promise
Jeremiah's Promise offers shared housing with other emancipated teens
who are provided with living services, mentors, academic support and
life skills development in a nurturing environment, all of which are
aimed at fully equipping them for life beyond foster care. |
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Pacific
Autism Center for Education
Autism rates have increased at an
alarming rate—nearly one in every 166 children born today will be
diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, more than 10 times the
incidence only 20 years ago. Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE),
founded in 1989, provides therapy, education, housing and, most of all,
hope for those with autism through PACE Early Intervention program for
toddlers and preschoolers, PACE school for students ages 6-22, Adult Day
program and Residential. |
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Support
Network for Battered Women
The leading cause of death among pregnant women is domestic violence.
Half of all homeless mothers and children are running away from domestic
violence. The Support Network for Battered Women strives to empower our
diverse community to live free from Domestic Violence. |
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Today's
Youth Matter
Each year, approximately 275 youth-at-risk will be given the
opportunity, perhaps for the first time in their lives, to experience
the outdoors: To cook by an open fire, to fish, rock climb, hike in the
wilderness, mountain bike, canoe and raft. The mission of TYM is to help
hurting, abused, and neglected youth recognize that they are loved
unconditionally and that they can make necessary changes to succeed in
life. |
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Reading
Partners
YES Reading is a literacy organization that recruits and trains
community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring for at-risk
elementary and middle school students reading significantly below grade
level. YES Reading partners with high-need schools, collaborates with
classroom teachers, and provides tutors with ongoing training and
on-site support. YES Reading's premise is that community involvement in
traditionally underserved public schools is a critical component of
student achievement and success. |
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