EAR CANDY Charity will impact well over 10,000 youth in 2010 in Phoenix!!
Learn How YOU Can Help!!!
We are taking the Global Giving challenge and are committed to raise $5,000 in the month of September from 50 collective donors. Sounds easy right? Well it is if YOU chip in a few bucks and tell YOUR FRIENDS!
Check out our profile on the Global Giving site and spread the love with your database, friends on social media, grandmother, music teacher, boyfriend, daughter, neighbor, your boss...you get the idea...LEARN MORE HERE!
Jonas Brothers Promotion
Ear Candy has teamed up with Live Nation to give some special youth tickets to see the Jonas Brothers on Sept 14 at Cricket Pavilion and we want to share the love. YOU can purchase tickets for 50% off by using the Password: EARCANDY on when ordering tickets on THIS PAGE. There are a limited number of discounted tickets and the promotion only lasts until 9/7, so act quickly!
Nate Anderson, Ear Candy Charity's Founder & President, will be honored at the 34th Annual Hon Kachina Volunteer Awards on Saturday, 9/25 at the Camelback Inn. Since 1977, the Hon Kachina Council has honored volunteers whose tireless contributions make our communities better places to live. This year, seven dedicated people will receive the Hon Kachina Volunteer Award. To learn more about the honor and to purchase tickets click HERE.
Instrument Delivery Highlights for PHX ELEM Ear Candy and Phoenix Fire delivered over seventy instruments to complement the six pianos already in place with the Phoenix Elementary School District on 8/25. These donated instruments will give Over 3,000 of students in the downtown school district access to music education.
“We are a district dedicated to preserving music and art education in our schools,” stated Superintendent Myriam Roa of Phoenix Elementary School District #1. “The donation of these musical instruments will support our efforts greatly due to the cost of maintaining instruments across our schools for children who do not have the ability to purchase or rent instruments. We are very appreciative to Phoenix Fire Department and Ear Candy for the success of this drive.”
Please visit the In-School Support Section to view pictures and letter from the teachers.
"Engaging Students, Supporting Schools, Accessing Arts Education" is a study that just came out and it the stats are beyond SHOCKING. This is the first study assessing arts education in Arizona in a very long time. The study was conducted in 2008, and plenty more cuts have occurred since then. Check out some of the highlights below:
50% of schools have "NO BUDGET" for curricular support in arts education.
79% of schools spend less than $1 per student in a year, or LESS THAN 1/2 a PENNY A DAY!
34% of rural schools
DO NOT have a highly qualified arts teacher as compared to 15% for suburban schools.
134,203 students attended school
WITHOUT access to music or visual arts instruction provided by highly qualified arts teachers
Please explore it in further detail in our
Music Education Section.
EAR CANDY wants to give YOU the opportunity to get involved in delivering our mission to the community by using your skills and helping us by becoming an official
ROADIE. This group is an ever growing collection of like minded people who feel they can give something back to their community through the mission of Ear Candy.
LEARN MORE HERE! 
NBC Heroes SegmentSee mote Press HERE!
Instrument Donation at Glendale Pawn ExtendedYou can find an instrument that will impact a child nearly anywhere: in a closet, for sale at a yard sale, collecting dust in a garage, and even at your local pawn shop. This is why we've teamed up with Glendale Pawn (6548 59th Ave) to host instrument drive until August 15 and all instrument donors will receive a $10 Gift Card from Streets of New York. Learn how to donate HERE!
On The Issues with Tom Simplot & Ear Candy
Want to see more PRESS?
City of Phoenix Councilman Mike Johnson supports Ear CandyVisit the
2010 Instrument Drive Page for more details!
Phoenix Fire Collects Instrument Donations ALL YEAR LONG!
EAR CANDY encourages you to donate new and gently used instruments at any of the 57 Phoenix Fire Stations throughout 2010. We not only Give Old Instruments New Life by placing them with school music programs in dire need, but we also track EVERY Instrument so YOU know where YOUR INSTRUMENT is making a impact! Details HERE!
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
On March 31, 2010 we sent a few lucky youth from our Boys & Girls Club After School Music Program to hop on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to write and record a song. The students then filmed the video showcased above. To learn more about our Beyond the Classroom Opportunities please explore HERE.
Ad Campaign wins 6 Addy Awards
The brilliant EAR CANDY Ad Campaign designed by Moses Anshell featuring youth in classic album covers was honored with 6 Addy Awards. That Addys are the World's Largest Advertising Competition. See more details in our Ad Campaign Section!