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Little Kids Rock Across America
The Dr. Phil Foundation launched Little Kids Rock Across America with a $500,000 donation designed to restore, revitalize and enhance music programs in schools in 10 cities across the country. The program brings music education to schoolchildren from grades K through 12 in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Tampa, Minneapolis and New Orleans.
The Dr. Phil Foundation is partnering with Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that transforms children’s lives by restoring and revitalizing music education in underfunded public schools. Founded in San Francisco in 2003 by David Wish, an elementary school teacher who had grown frustrated with the lack of music education funding at his school, Little Kids Rock has served more than 85,000 students at over 1,100 schools in 23 cities nationwide. Read more about this joint venture here.
Dr. Phil and Jordan McGraw talk about Little Kids Rock Across America.
See David Wish talk about his program.
To help kick off Little Kids Rock Across America, Jordan invited some of his musician friends to the show: Co-founder of the band Incubus, guitarist Mike Einziger, bassist for the band All Time Low, Zack Merrick, and drummer for the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chad Smith.
Hear how Mike Einziger, Zack Merrick and Chad Smith started playing music!Watch the guys teach a tune to kids from Belvedere Middle School in California.See the kids teach the rock stars their song!
See how your genereous donations contribute to LKRAA being implemented throughout the country.
Support Little Kids Rock Across America!
