For most parents, its inevitable!  The moment your child reaches the age where the recorder is featured in music class as a beginner instrument.  Hot Cross Buns, Three Blind Mice… the sounds of squeaking music filling the air.

And what happens to all those lovely recorders after the year is over? There are closets and boxes all across America who can answer that question…. maybe your closet is one of them.

This is where Shine steps in.  One of the projects I plan on implementing in our Summer Club is teaching the girls music….specifically the recorder.  Many of you know that I used to be a teacher, but you might not know I also taught Music for two years. Because it was a small school, without many resources available, I decided to teach the kids how to play recorders…and they loved it!  The recorder is the easiest and cheapest way to introduce a child to the world of instruments.

So what does this have to do with you?  How can you help?

It’s a bit difficult to teach recorder without the actual instruments, so I’m sending out a call to anyone out there who might have an old recorder laying around, not being used.  Donating your old recorder is an amazing way to help give a refugee girl the gift of music, a gift most of us take for granted everyday.

Anyone who is interested in donating your old recorders and/or any easy kid-based music for the recorder, contact me and I will send you information on how to send it.  If you do not have any recorders, please pass on the information to anyone you know who might.  The sooner we have enough recorders, the sooner music can fill the air.  This is a practical way to show God’s love to these wonderful girls!