By Daily Press staff
Facing severe state budget cuts, the local school district is getting some help from VH1 to boost its musical programs.
Adelphia Communications and VH1 “Save the Music Foundation” announced Wednesday that they will join forces with local arts organization P.S. Arts to support music education in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
The program was officially kicked off on Wednesday at John Muir Elementary School on Sixth Street. The three partners will work together at the community level to conduct awareness campaigns, fundraising events, hold a comprehensive instrument drive and other activities that will help restore music programs at the elementary level.
Adelphia and VH1 will provide instruments while P.S. Arts and the school district will provide the musical instruction.
Since VH1 “Save the Music” was created in 1997, more than $17 million worth of musical instruments have been donated to 750 public schools in 75 cities. The 10-year goal is to bring music participation to at least 1 million kids.
VH1’s foundation, now in its fifth year, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of education in America’s public schools by restoring music education programs in cities across the country.
P.S. Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring arts education to public schools.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 2, 2002. Read the original PDF.