5:25am | The Long Beach Unified School District’s musical instrument drive kicks off this Saturday, November 5 with a drop-off day scheduled from 9:00am to noon at the freeway-close Teacher Resource Center, 1299 E. 32nd St., Signal Hill.
New and good quality, functioning used instruments are being accepted. Transform idle instruments into tax deductions by bringing them to Room C of the Teacher Resource Center.
Instruments needed are violin, cello, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet and trombone.
Monetary donations toward the cause also are being accepted by the nonprofit Long Beach Education Foundation at lbschools.net/give. Select the Musical Instruments designation in the dropdown menu to make a secure, online, tax deductible donation.
Music programs at LBUSD schools have earned national honors for their excellence, including GRAMMY Signature School awards. Students here routinely perform with some of the world’s top musicians at national and international festivals.
Learn more about LBUSD’s need for musical instruments here.