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HOHNER PROUDLY ANNOUNCES IT'S ALLIANCE WITH GARY'S HARMONIKIDS PROGRAMS AND GARY'S "HITS" (HARMONICA IN THE SCHOOLS) SESSIONS

Hohner, Inc.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”.

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2019

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

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2018

UNMH Children's Hospital

Students with Learning Disabilities, Davie, FL

Delcastle High School special needs students in Delaware

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2017

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

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2016

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

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2015

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

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2014

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

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2013

  1. This link opens to a PDF document.SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN AT KINGBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
  2. NEW CASTLE COUNTY VO TECH SCHOOL FOR THE SEVERELY DISABLED, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
  3. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, KAMLOOPS, B.C., CANADA
  4. SUNFLOWER LANDING TEEN SUBSTANCE ABUSE REHABILITATION CENTER, DUBLIN, MISSISSIPPI
  5. SNOWDEN COTTAGE YOUTH DETENTION FACILITY, WILMINGTON DELAWARE
  6. RIVERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
  7. SPAH 50TH ANNIVERSARY, ST. LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, GIRLS INC., ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
  8. DENIER YOUTH CORRECTIONAL CENTER, DURANGO, COLORADO
  9. FERRIS YOUTH DETENTION FACILITY, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2012

  1. This link opens to a PDF document.SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN AT KINGBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Harmonikids Hohner-sponsored Sessions 2011

  1. This link opens to a PDF document. SNOWDEN COTTAGE
  2. This link opens to a PDF document. TREMBLANT INTERNATIONAL BLUES FESTIVAL
  3. This link opens to a PDF document.RIVERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL, KAY'S KAMP, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS, SPAH CONVENTION
  4. This link opens to a PDF document.DENIER YOUTH SERVICES CENTER
  5. This link opens to a PDF document.NEW YORK CITY RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE