Bring Music to Special Education with GITC! Provide Life-Changing Music for Fragile Students Infuse Learning with Music in PreK-8 Classrooms! Fund Musical Resilience for At-Promise Youth!

Guitars in the Classroom

Org #6576
Vetted since 2011 Top Ranked Effective Nonprofit
1998
year founded
$138,425
raised on GlobalGiving
12
years fundraising
14
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

Since 1998, Guitars in the Classroom (GITC) has been inspiring, training and equipping classroom teachers to integrate music making across the academic curriculum through "song-based instruction" so students of all ages have educational, musical access & opportunity at school every day. Our work prepares educators to lead music, employing it as a dynamic tool for reaching all learners, teaching all subjects, and building character, creativity and community.Programs & materials are free.

Projects (19)

 
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Project Leaders
Jessica Baron
Jessica Baron
Gail Wingfield
Gail Wingfield
Team
Jessica Baron, Debi Cavataio, Gail Wingfield
Organization Information
1286 University Ave #389
San Diego, CA 92103
United States
619-840-1010
Organization Information
1286 University Ave #389
San Diego, CA 92103
United States
619-840-1010

Project Reports

Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:

Aug 27, 2023
It's a Wrap! Summer Strummers UTK-5 Rocked!
This Summer, we participated in a district-wide summer pandemic recovery initiative for children in San Diego, ages 4-11. Thanks to a whole-hearted community effort, our Summer Strummers clubs took...
Aug 14, 2023
Final Report and Exciting New Directions!
Dear Friend, Thank you for donating to this important campaign in the past. Times are changing for music inclusion in special education. Inclusion is just beginning to happen now, thanks to many...
Aug 7, 2023
CPMA Includes Medically Fragile Students in Music!
 Dear Friend of Inclusive Music, Thanks for taking a few minutes to catch up with the work you've been helping make possible in the lives of homebound and hospitalized, medically fragile...
 
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