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Thank you CCRHF for your generous donation!

March 23, 2022

Dear Barbara,

On behalf of the Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation, I am excited to inform you that Guitars Not Guns Contra Costa has been chosen to be the recipient of our Compassion in the Community Award. This motivation behind this award is to honor and bring awareness to organizations that are volunteer based and serve the community with compassion. Organizations are nominated anonymously, and each quarter our Foundation chooses one organization to honor. Guitars Not Guns is our first quarter recipient for 2022.

We would love to schedule a time when we can come and present you with the award, and take some photos and video. There is also a small cash award that we provide with this honor. Please contact me by phone or email and let me know a day/time that works for you.

Congratulations again, and we look forward to meeting you.

Leslie Grgurina | Acting Executive Director

Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation

Phone: 510-985-9965

Leslie.Grgurina@cchealth.org
LeslieGrgurina@ccrhf.org

www.CCRHF.org

Pictured from left to right: Deborah McKim Strong, Board Secretary; Jay Kirkland, VP Special Projects; Barbara Anne Gorin, Director; Steve Kennedy, volunteer instructor, Patty Sorensen, secretary, Betty Felton, CC Regional Health Foundation

On behalf of our Contra Costa County Chapter, BIG thank you to CC Regional Health Foundation for their generous donation. We are thrilled to have been selected to receive this wonderful honor and the funds donated will go directly towards purchasing guitars and supplies for our classes! Thank you!

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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.