Boys and Girls Clubs

This morning I was able to spend about an hour at the McKeesport Boys and Girls club. How cool!

I was up there because NAMM has created an after-school program with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America as a way to create more music makers.

I was there to talk a bit about the Music Makers program, but I was blown away by what goes on there everyday. I had no clue! There were probably about 70 kids there - which is more than I expected and there were volunteers there today who were from as far away as Rhode Island and Wisconsin. How cool to see these kids in an environment where they are having fun and learning at the same time.

And from what I could tell, it's not all about sports - there is also lots of focus on learning. But, it's the great kid of learning that happens when the kids don't even realize that they are learning.

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In other news, I just found out last night that a friend from high school is leaving tomorrow for six months in Paris. Can you imagine that you would HAVE to go to Paris for your job?