Thanks! I feel a special closeness to all who responded, and would absolutely not question a submission by any of you. Remember, family members...grand kids, nephews, neighbors...any good kid that you recommend will be appreciated.


Thanks, again


Russ

Russ ... thank you for the offer ... My wife and I decided a while back that one of the best gifts we could give our grandchildren would be the gift of music education ... so far only our two grandsons have taken us up on it - one on piano and one on alto sax - unfortunately, neither of our two granddaughters have taken our offer, but there is always hope ...
For me, one of the great joys this past Christmas was playing a couple of songs with both grandsons - and THEY seemed to enjoy it also ...

That is great Tony ... they could be candidates.

Russ

What a great gesture. Congradulations. Very uplifting post. Thanks !!

I've told my wife that when my time comes to either sell my music stuff and donate the money or just donate the instruments to some worthy school or church.
Keep the music playing.

Nigel ... what Russ is doing is absolutely wonderful, and I am extremely grateful that we are in a position to provide this for our grandchildren ...
Hopefully some less fortunate individuals will take Russ up on his offer ...

My very good friend, Don Mason provided me with the first young person to participate in this project.

He works at Ernest's, where Don plays often.

The project is on-going. I will be choosing one kid from my list and another from the "synth" list a month.

I'm thinking of extending the effort...awarding $10.00 for each "A", $5.00 for each "B" and $10.00 a point for a semester grade point average above 2.0. A kid with a 3.0 would get $100.00. A 3.5 would get a kid a bonus of $150.00. Someone with 10 A's and a 4.0 average would get $300.00 that semester. I will do that every semester for kids registered in traditional schools and come up with an equivalent reward program for others. I would extend this program thru college years. I will place a cap at $30,000.00 per year in outlays and adjust/add kids as they come in and out of the program.

I'm pretty open for suggestions on the types of kids to be rewarded. ANY promising kid is a candidate. What's important is, there is appreciation and support shown for their efforts.

Someone cares.

Special thanks to Don for helping out. That wasn't a surprise.


Russ