Donate to Help Families Afford Music Lessons

Hi, my name is Abigail Bates and I run a local music lesson business in Colorado Springs, CO, where we offer private piano, guitar, and ukulele lessons. Too often, I see families working so hard to make ends meet. It is an odd profession to be in: the client is a particular family you grow to know and genuinely care about. As the business owner, I try to offer small ways of financial help, but sometimes the need is too great. This is where GoFundMe comes in.

Recently, I had a family request a need to pause lessons due to a sudden loss of job. This was after a course of already difficult events with sickness and health. I have offered to continue teaching lessons for free for a certain time period, but this has spurred me to finally take action. If you, or anyone you know, especially any business or organization, has the capacity to donate towards a fund that is designated to only go towards families in need, please donate here.

6 months worth of 30 minute, weekly music lessons are worth $720. If even only 72 people respond with just $10, this will achieve this goal. Mentors and piano teachers offer a sense of stability to children, especially through difficult times. Often, a family is simply struggling to afford any extracurricular activities for their children. Learning a musical instrument, especially within the context of a stable, in-person student-teacher relationship, is incredibly beneficial to a child. It integrates pathways in the brain and helps students in school. It provides a context of learning for fun outside of the system. It encourages students to play, explore, persevere, perform, compose, problem solve, amongst many other things. It is a worthwhile investment for all children, especially those in need.

Thank you for your time reading this post. If even a fraction of what can be transacted between an organization and organizational client could be redirected to families and the investment of children and the future of our society, we would see meaningful results.

If you have any questions, please email: [email redacted] or call/text: [phone redacted]. If you'd like to know more info about our music lesson program, please visit: our website (www.creativebridgesstudios.com).

All funds provided on this site will go directly towards families in need seeking music lessons with Creative Bridges Studios. Any surplus from the situation listed above will go towards a Scholarship Fund set aside for future families in need seeking music lessons with Creative Bridges Studios.