Sing me a Story - a voice to voiceless children

Dear Supporters, 

To date, we've been able to give over 500 children in need songs based on their stories, provide this opportunity to over 100 partner organizations around the world, and have over 2,000 songwriters volunteer their talents. Also, we are now partnered with music venues across the country giving artists the chance to record songs for local kids.

This Year's Highlights: 

• The Today Show - Sing Me a Story was featured on The Today Show this year which was incredible! The Today Show highlighted the work of our organization and specifically documented a song written by the band Humming House for Morgan,  a member of Gilda's Club in Nashville. 

• Sing Me a Story Summer Tour 2016 - Sing Me a Story kicked off its inaugural Sing Me a Story Summer Tour where the organization partnered with 9 music festivals giving artists at festivals the opportunity to record songs for kids in need. Almost 50 songs were recorded with the help of 23 corporate sponsors and the Sing Me a Story Summer Tour 2017 looks even bigger!

• Music Venue Partners - Sing Me a Story has partnered with 65 music venues in 7 cities including Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Denver, San Francisco, Portland and Milwaukee to give artists on tour the opportunity to record songs for local kids. The goal for 2017 is to bring on corporate sponsors in those markets to help expand and continue delivering joy through music to kids in need. 

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to get involved in our program in any number of ways. 

Happy Holidays from the Sing Me A Story Foundation

Dear Supporters, 

One of the issues Sing Me a Story has had since its beginning was getting larger artists and songwriters involved in our program. Often times, artists' managers would often say that their clients were interested in participating but that would often be the end of the conversation. We quickly realized that the reason for this was that we never offered a date, time and place for their clients' to get involved. We decided we needed to solve this issue. 

Hence, we began partnering with music festivals across the country to create our first Sing Me a Story Summer Tour in 2016.

It was a huge success!

We partnered with 9 music festivals to give artists at the festivals the opportunity to record songs for local kids in need. In doing so, we would build a recording studio on-site at the festivals where artists could come by and record a song. At Summerfest in Milwaukee alone, we received 20 songs from artists! We also realized this provided a great opportunity for us to bring on corporate sponsors. 

Next, we wondered if we were doing this at music festivals, could we do the same thing at music venues? The answer was yes! Over the past two months, we signed on 28 music venues in Chicago, Milwaukee, Nashville, Atlanta and Denver to give artists on tour the opportunity to record songs for local kids. We have just started the recordings and it is turning out to be tremendously successful as well! We also feel this will be a good opportunity for us to bring on corporate sponsors in these cities. 

We look forward to seeing how these new partnerships transpire.

Thank you so much for your continued support. 

With Gratitude, 

Sing me a Story

Links:

• Visit the Sing me a Story website