Guitars Not Guns, Inc. - California: December 2017

Thursday, December 14, 2017

BABSCON 2018 SPECTACULAR - Burlingame, CA

ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND ALAMEDA COUNTY CAHPTERS OF GUITARS NOT GUNS - WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT BABSCON FOR MAKING THIS EVENT EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL! THANK YOU!

Guitars not Guns is excited to announce that we have been selected to be one of the charities for this fundraiser. This is a super fun and exiting event, you don't want to miss. Please check this out and hope to see you there!

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Saturday, December 9, 2017

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

A message from Barbara Anne Gorin: As President of our Contra Costs County Chapter, I want to personally wish everyone a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year! To all of our amazing volunteers - each one of you have amazing talents, Big hearts, ❤️love 💕, dedication and patience! The support I have from each of you make all of this possible!

To our awesome sponsors and the community, thank you for continuing to help our Chapter grow and continue to help make us possible to share the beautiful gift of Music 🎶 with children. We cannot do this without all of your amazing support!! We look forward to even more classes in 2018!! Each of these children in these photos loved coming to our classes and learning guitar. The smiles are priceless. (Some faces are blurred out for privacy concerns at one of our locations). We look forward to growing and getting more volunteers to help us. Thank you! 😘❤️🎶😀🎸🎼 #guitarsnotguns #kidsandmusic #love #fosterkidsneedlove #atriskyouthneedlove #acousticguitar #volunteersrock #helpnonprofits #Daddario #stageninja #ernieball #monocreators #jimidunlop #pikcards #pickworld #keepingmusicalive #steveclayton #hotpicks #peacepicks #gibson #fender #musicandmore #lmstraps#lmproducts #Aceproducts #Aceskaces #avid #daddariofoundation #breezyinstruments #johnpearcestrings #korg #shure #kmcmusiccorp #marloplastics #musiclink #strumstick #wilmingtonfiber

Friday, December 1, 2017

Thank you to everyone that helped up make our annual Fundraiser a big success!

Thank you to all of our sponsors, and bands who performed and Bruce Johnson Sound Services for providing awesome sound and to all of our volunteers who helped out all night! We had a big success and a packed house! We raised over $2,000.00 and are excited for 2018! You all rock!

How You Can Help

Guitars Not Guns, Inc. in California is entirely a volunteer organization. It has no employees so all donations are used to fulfill Our Mission to provide free guitars and lessons to foster kids, at risk youth and other deserving children ages 8 to 18 years old.

We need volunteer guitar instructors, classroom assistants, grant writers, bookkeepers, fundraisers and program leaders. You do not have to know how to play guitar to be a volunteer.

To volunteer go the "Volunteer" page and follow the instructions. We and the kids can always use your help.

How The Program Works

We "loan" guitars and guitar accessories to our students that they are to use to practice and carefully maintain for eight (8) weeks of one hour per week classes. The students and their guardians sign a lease contract for the equipment and most care for the guitars. The guitar may be the only personal item the student has ever possessed since foster children may move multiple times each year from guardian to guardian or facility to facility.. The object of the contract is to teach the students to take care of possessions. The students are not told this but, upon successful completion of the first level of classes, the guitars and accessories will be given to them to keep at no cost. The final class is a party to celebrate completion of the eight week program. The students play and we bring in accomplished musicians, some that are their age, to motivate them to further study with us and independently. For some, it is the first time they have been exposed to live music.