Thieves won't stop the music!

My name is Anthony Nash.  I am a proud veteran of the United States Navy, the finest Navy in the world and a born & raised resident of Lynn, Massachusetts. Lynn is a greatly diverse city. It is a city that I am proud to call my home and is home to many different cultures. Through my travels, while serving the Navy and my country abroad, I found that the one true bridge that connects people of different cultures, is usually the love of American music.  Whether a hip hop club in Tokyo, a jazz lounge in Hong Kong, or a country music bar in Singapore, MUSIC  has the ability to make people sing together, dance together and forget about cultural differences!  Which brings me to my campaign.  

http://www.itemlive.com/news/sour-note-struck-at-lynnarts/article_6dfb53b2-961e-11e4-bce4-c7f9636b2af3.html

It saddens, as well as angers me to read the leading story in this morning's (Jan. 7, 2015) Daily Item newspaper.  I can not imagine how an individual, or group of individuals could lower themselves to steal from an after school music program held for kids who come from low income households. Many whose parents could never provide these instruments for their children.  With all of that said, my goal is to raise enough money to replace the 12 guitars, the television, the brand new drum set, keyboard, amps and 5 or 6 laptops that were stolen from the Building Bridges Through Music program.  I would also like to include an 8-16 channel surveillance system. The estimated value of all equipment, including the brand new, unopened MacBook Pro laptops is approximately $20,000! Thank you in advance for your generous donations.

Here is a link to the story in the Daily Item:

http://www.itemlive.com/news/sour-note-struck-at-lynnarts/article_6dfb53b2-961e-11e4-bce4-c7f9636b2af3.html