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The Guitar Center Music Foundation
Guitar Center , the world's largest instrument retailer, announced the relaunch of its non-profit organization, the Guitar Center Music Foundation in 2018. The foundation's mission will be laser-focused on offering as many individuals as possible the invaluable experience of learning and playing a musical instrument. Since its original founding in 2005, the foundation's charitable efforts have put instruments in the hands of over 200,000 persons nationwide during its rich history of supporting musicians through music education, music therapy programs and other music-centric non-profits. As the retailer embarks on its 54th year, Guitar Center leadership has decided to expand and guide the organization into reestablishing the Guitar Center Music Foundation in order to provide a large spectrum of gear, as well as lessons and services, to various non-profit organizations that focus on music education. “The Guitar Center Music Foundation is an exciting opportunity for us to use our resources to reach musicians of all ages and skill levels who may not have access to musical instruments,” said Ron Japinga, Guitar Center CEO. “Guitar Center has always advocated for musicians. We firmly believe that it all starts with fostering strong music education programs, and we're proud to make that promise to current and future generations of musicians through the Guitar Center Music
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Foundation. We look forward to identifying new and powerful ways to bring more music into the world and driving positive change within our country's music education system by giving more people the tools and access they need to find their sound.” The relaunched Guitar Center Music Foundation will also stand as one of the largest music charity initiatives by the retailer to date, an impressive feat given Guitar Center's history of donations to thousands of music educators and schools and its relief efforts to support musicians affected by the recent hurricanes and other natural disasters. At any rate, the Guitar Center Music Foundation has processed grants for 65 programs since the relaunch valued at just over $116,000. To learn more, visit GuitarCenterFoundation.org and follow @GiveMusicLife for more news or discover ways to support the Guitar Center Music Foundation.
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