HOHNER PROUDLY ANNOUNCES IT'S ALLIANCE WITH GARY'S HARMONIKIDS PROGRAMS AND GARY'S "HITS" (HARMONICA IN THE SCHOOLS) SESSIONS
Hohner is the world's top harmonica manufacturer. As a performing and recording artist Gary has been an official Hohner endorsee for decades. This year Hohner announced its alliance with Gary's nonprofit organization Harmonikids as well, providing a generous sponsorship program to assist Gary in performing humanitarian work worldwide. Subsequently, they have also provided Gary an exclusive and unique grant to sponsor Gary's school programs. Hohner's official press release states:
Hohner, Inc. is proud to announce the company’s alliance with Harmonikids, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing harmonicas & the joy of music into the lives of special needs children. Hohner, Inc. has partnered with Harmonikids founder, artist, educator and 2011 Keeping Blues Alive Award recipient Gary Allegretto, to provide harmonicas and musical instruction to children beset with a wide range of physical, emotional, and/or economic challenges. Harmonikids’ seminars and events have introduced children throughout the world to the healing and restorative powers of music since 1985, utilizing the harmonica to create unique avenues for music therapy and education in environments ranging from children’s hospitals to tsunami-ravaged North Sumatra. Each child participating in a Harmonikids event is gifted with his or her own Hohner harmonica and afforded the rare opportunity to receive musical instruction and inspiration from a professional musician and educator in a supportive and nurturing environment. Clay Edwards, President of Hohner, Inc. recently commented, “Hohner endeavors to be a part of everyone’s musical life. If music provides an outlet for these children to express themselves and their condition, then by all means we have an obligation to support and foster it. Harmonikids is a first class organization with its heart in the right place and Gary Allegretto couldn’t be better in relating to the children”.
The High Frontier, Troubled Youth in West Texas
Northern Utah Title 1 Schools
Underserved Youth in British Columbia, Canada
Guadalupe County Detention Center, Seguin, TX
High Road School, Wilmington, DE
A Title 1 School in Southern DE
UNM Children's Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Yavapai Youth Detention Center, Prescott, AZ
Tulsa Boys Home, Tulsa, OK
UNMH Children's Hospital
Students with Learning Disabilities, Davie, FL
Delcastle High School special needs students in Delaware
Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
Troubled Youth in West Texas
Challenged Youth in Northern Utah
Special Needs and Disadvantaged Youth at Boys and Girls Club in Washington
School Children with Special Challenges
Students with Learning Disabilities
Troubled Youth in the Mississippi Delta
Harmonikids in West Texas
Troubled Youth at the Nevada Youth Training Center, Elko, NV
Troubled Youth at the Salt Lake Detention Center, Salt Lake, UT
Emergency Shelter for Children, Reno, NV
School for Severely Disabled Youth, Wilmington, DE
Troubled Youth at the Ferris Facility, Wilmington, DE
Disadvantaged and At-Risk Youth, San Antonio, TX
Disadvantaged and At-Risk Indigenous Youth, Alberta, Canada
Child patients at the Diamond Children’s Hospital, Tucson, AZ
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kamloops, BC, Canada
Texas Children's Hospital and Economically Challenged African Refugees, Houston, TX
Sunflower Landing Teen Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Center, Dublin, MS
Ferris Correctional Facility for Youth and Riverfront Blues Festival, Wilmington, DE
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Denver CO
Developmentally disabled at the Center For Discovery and TEAM Sports Adventure Challenge, Frost Valley, NY
Troubled Youth at a Correctional Facility, Durango, CO
April 3: Phoenix Childrens Hospital, Phoenix, AZ Read report
April 19: Burmese Child Refugees, Houston, TX Read report
June 2: NCCVT School for the Severely Disabled, Wilmington, DERead report
June 21: Sunflower Landing Teen Substance Rehabilitation Read report
Center, Dublin, MS
July 16: Mountain School Facility for Troubled and At-Risk Youth Read report
Elkins, WV
August 1 - 3: Ferris Correctional Facility for Youth Read report
and Riverfront Blues Festival, Wilmington DE
October 3: DeNier Correctional Facility for Youth, Durango, CO Read report
October 8: World's Leading Hospital Facility for Children Read report
with Respiratory Issues, Denver, CO
November 7: Disadvantaged Kids at the World's Oldest Read report
Jazz Hall, Mandeville, LA
- SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN AT KINGBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY VO TECH SCHOOL FOR THE SEVERELY DISABLED, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, KAMLOOPS, B.C., CANADA
- SUNFLOWER LANDING TEEN SUBSTANCE ABUSE REHABILITATION CENTER, DUBLIN, MISSISSIPPI
- SNOWDEN COTTAGE YOUTH DETENTION FACILITY, WILMINGTON DELAWARE
- RIVERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
- SPAH 50TH ANNIVERSARY, ST. LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, GIRLS INC., ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
- DENIER YOUTH CORRECTIONAL CENTER, DURANGO, COLORADO
- FERRIS YOUTH DETENTION FACILITY, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
- SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN AT KINGBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
- SNOWDEN COTTAGE
- TREMBLANT INTERNATIONAL BLUES FESTIVAL
- RIVERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL, KAY'S KAMP, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS, SPAH CONVENTION
- DENIER YOUTH SERVICES CENTER
- NEW YORK CITY RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
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