Thank You, Donors! Your Support is Growing Our Efforts!

12/20/2025

Winter gifts are the biggest help for charities like ours, giving us the strength for the new year in order to touch more lives, bring music into places it is needed most, and get a generation of children learning to sing, play, and compose songs as part of their growth, resilience, and learning. Each of these individuals has contributed to our campaign to Provide Underserved Children with Hands-On Musical learning, funding music in early childhood education. Thank you very much to each of you, and to each of you caring, Anonymous donors as well. Please receive our most sincere gratitude!

Bruce Robbins, GITC Artist Advocate

Ruth Haller, GITC Board VP

Scott Andreiko, Guitarist & Donor

Ruth Haller
Jan and Judy Radke
Bruce Robbins & Elaine Hanson
Jody Williams
Diane Ciral
Scott Andreiko
Victoria Hamilton
Rodney & Joyce Howard
Chris and Monica Lafferty
Suzy Handler
Ken Robbins
Jo Guinn
Meredith Rose
Ray Sheline
Allen and Constance Giffen
Don and M.e.FIthian
Cynthia Chambers
Kiyomasa Kuwana
Cathy and Cary Hill
Nora Jaffee
Martin Stein
Jill Maninger
Deborah Pate
Dolores Pretorius
Patricia Kehoe
Barry Smith
Penelope Sacks
Paul Hartley
Daniel Slater

These supporters, below have contributed to our efforts to Provide Free Teacher Training & Instruments for Musical Learning! Their gifts will make it possible for 2000 or more teachers to train with us each year, virtually or in person. Thank you so much to these early adopters who are standing up for teachers in a time of uncertainty, making sure our work can continue to support their growth, effectiveness, inspiration, and well-being! When educators receive respect, care, and professional learning opportunities, they are able to pour their hearts, talents, and expertise into doing the most important work in every person's early life. These donors below believe in the importance of supporting educators to bring the musical change they want to see in the world. Thank you so very much to:

Joyce and Rodney Howard

Ruth Haller
Rodney & Joyce Howard
Stephen & Karen des Jardins
Della Peretti

John Unger, GITC Treasurer

Hema Lall
Scott Andreiko
Janet Kiser
Patti Steele
John Unger
Joe Valente

Christopher Clarke, Education Committee Chair & Teaching Artist

Damon Hein
Christopher Clarke
Judy Cottle
Michele Muller
Suszi Sutherland
Candace Travis

Marcia Bennett
Ron Greenwood
Rita Luevanos-Castro
Bradley Friedman
David Zucker
Barry Smith
Peter Whelan

GITC board member and renowned guitarist, producer, and GRAMMY winner, Larry Mitchell just launched a campaign to raise support for GITC's work training educators in adaptive music education! Diverse and neurodivergent learners benefit from and can excel at making music when teachers learn to adapt the learning environment and utilize informed strategies, techniques, and modifications! Guitars and Ukes in the Classroom is here to help thanks to charitable support.
https://giving.classy.org/campaign/756240/donate
Thank you Larry and donors for getting the ball rolling:

Thomas Kochanski
Stephen Improte
Jeanie Thompson
Holly Anable
Jess Baron

Gifts in Memory & Honor
Thank you to these Friends of GITC for remembering their loved ones whose lives were enriched through enjoying, sharing, or making music.

IN MEMORY

Lee Blum and
Patty Atkins
in loving memory of
Enid Baron

Cynthia Chambers
in loving memory of
Felix Delgado Jr.

Donna Williams
in loving memory of
Patti Williams

Scott Blumenthal
in memory of
Jeffrey Krivis

Jo Singer
in memory of
Jeffrey Krivis

Della Peretti
in memory of Rob Reiner

Cari Petrie
in loving memory
of Alex Glass

IN HONOR

Kiyomasa Kuwana
in honor of Jake Shimabukuro

Jess Baron
in honor of Gail Wingfield