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Through the power of music and kindness, we help those in need.

February 1, 2024 | Issue LIV

A Message from the Founders…

We hope you’ve been able to stay dry and motivated to go out and do things this last rainy month. Get Together has been quite busy. Not only are we working on some long-term projects and a big event that we are planning for this Fall for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, but our programs have truly been thriving. Mare & Charlie continue to do their monthly mobile meal delivery to the North Valley Caring Services food bank, and our volunteers continue to pump out cases of hand-wash kits, prepared for homeless individuals. This issue of the newsletter will focus mainly on our fantastic and ever-growing music enrichment program for underprivileged kids. Thank you to all of our great teachers. We feel very fortunately to have this amazing team. Please read on and see what we’ve been up to this last month. Thanks as always for supporting the Get Together Foundation. It means a lot to us.

--Kevin & Mare Wachs, co-founders

West Valley Boys & Girls Club’s Youth of the Year

This year, GTF was asked to supply the musical entertainment for the West Valley Boys & Girls Club’s Youth of the Year event held on February 24^th. Our own Sierra Drummond, who teaches music classes for “Together in Tune,” sang the National Anthem and the Mariachi band you see in the photo is none other than Joseph Arias, brother of our percussion teacher, Henry Arias.

Spring Afterschool Music Classes at the Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCA

We started several new afterschool music classes in February including Introduction to Ukelele at several of the West Valley Boys & Girls Club Elementary Schools and at their clubhouse with Hunter Hawkins. Lauri Reimer started a guitar class at the Boys & Girls club Teen Center. We launched new programs in Burbank at Jefferson Elementary & Muir Middle School – Guitar with Bill Cinque; and our first official YMCA afterschool program at the YMCA in Camarillo which is being led by several of our talented teachers in a rotation including Henry Arias (percussion) Bill Cinque (guitar & singing), and Tom Jacob (piano & music theory). It’s been such a wonderful achievement seeing our program grow and touch the lives of so many children who get to tap into their musicality with our wonderful teachers.

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FestForums Santa Barbara Highlights

Kevin & Mare Wachs and programs director, Lauri Reimer attended this year’s Festforums in Santa Barbara, February 15-17. We met a lot of new friends and acquaintances at our Get Together Foundation booth and explored new opportunities and partnerships. Thank you to event producer, Laurie Kirby for having us.

Group Shot at the booth

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