TORONTO (CelebrityAccess) — Canadian music education charity MusiCounts has announced it will donate $1 million worth of instruments, equipment and supplies to 74 schools across Canada through its School Funding Assistance Program.
These programs (MusiCounts Band Aid Program and MusiCounts Slaight Family Foundation Innovation Fund) aim to provide grants to under-resourced schools to help keep school music programs going.
Additionally, the MusiCounts Slaight Family Innovation Fund will also support the effort for the first time this year, providing schools with up to $20,000 for culturally relevant and technology-focused programming.
“MusiCounts is thrilled to invest $1 million worth of needed instruments and equipment to welcome students back to school and back to music,” said Christy Fletcher, president of MusiCounts. “When students return to the music classroom, not only will they have guitars, drums, horns and turntables, but they will also find a safe place within their school where they can connect with their peers, build their confidence and find their voice. Congratulations to all of the MusiCounts School Music Program recipients.”
The program has helped schools such as Gilbert Paterson Secondary School in Lethbridge, Alberta, where only a third of students were able to participate in their music program due to inventory shortages and broken instruments. With MusiCounts’ help, the school is expanding their existing rock band program to include all interested students.
To learn more about MusiCounts or to donate to support the charity’s school funding programs, visit https://musicounts.ca
2024 MusiCounts School Funding Recipients
MusiCounts Band-Aid Program
A.B.
C. Ian McLaren School – Diamond Valley, Alberta
Cold Lake Secondary School – Cold Lake, Alberta
Joey Moss School – Edmonton, Alberta
Robina Baker Primary School – Devon, Alberta
B.C.
Chief Dan George Secondary School – Abbotsford, British Columbia
Eagle View Elementary School – Port Hardy, British Columbia
HD Stafford Secondary School – Langley, British Columbia
Nakusp Elementary School – Nakusp, British Columbia
Port Hardy Secondary School – Port Hardy, British Columbia
Tatla Lake Primary School – Tatla Lake, British Columbia
Megabytes
Riverview School – Brandon, Manitoba
Note
Ecole Communautaire Ernest Lange – Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick
Ecole Etoile de L’Acadie – Rogersville, New Brunswick
Ecole Métiers Mathieu Mazerolles – Rivière Verte, Northern Region
Ecole Terre des Jeune – Paquetteville, New Brunswick
Fundy Shores School – Dipper Harbour, New Brunswick
Havelock School – Havelock, New Brunswick
Netherlands
Bay d’Espoir Academy – St. Albans, New Jersey
N.S.
Cassac Primary School – Sydney, Nova Scotia
John Martin Secondary School – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Sherwood Park Education Centre – Sydney, Nova Scotia
NT
Diamond Jenness Secondary School – Hay River, Northern Territory
On
Alexander Mackenzie Secondary School – Sarnia, Ontario
Assumption College School – Brantford, Ontario
Ford City Public Schools – Windsor, Ontario
George Peck Public School – Toronto, Ontario
Hodgson Secondary School – Toronto, Ontario
John MacRae Public School – Scarborough, Ontario
Kilbride Public School – Burlington, Ontario
Mount Hope Elementary School – Mount Hope, Ontario
Pape Avenue Junior Public School – Toronto, Ontario
St. Marcellus Catholic School – Etobicoke, Ontario
St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School – Hamilton, Ontario
Thousand Islands Secondary School – Brockville, Ontario
Westgate College of Technology – Thunder Bay, Ontario
W. Ross MacDonald School for the Blind – Brantford, Ontario *CBC Music Class Challenge Passion Award
York Street Public School – Ottawa, Ontario
Quality Control
Dorset Elementary School – Baie-d’Urfé, Quebec
Ecole du Bon Pasteur – Cap-Santé, Quebec
Ecole Paul de Maricourt – Longueuil, Quebec
SK
Dr. George Ferguson Elementary School, Glen Elm Community School, Henry Brown School, Judge Bryant Elementary School, (Johnson Area Band Program) – Regina, Saskatchewan
Sturgis Composite School – Sturgis, Saskatchewan
MusiCounts Slate Family Foundation Innovation Fund
A.B.
Chief Big Belly Secondary School – Tsuut’ina Nation, Alberta
Gilbert Patterson Secondary School – Lethbridge, Alberta
Nakoda Elementary School – Morley, Alberta
B.C.
Ecole Elementaire KB Woodward – Surrey, British Columbia
Ecole Glenmore Elementary School – Kelowna, British Columbia
Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School – North Vancouver, British Columbia
Megabytes
Jack River School – Norway House, Manitoba
Kisemattawa Kiskinwahamakewikamik – Shamattawa, MB
Thunderbird School – South Indian Lake, Manitoba
Note
Chief Harold Sapir Memorial Elementary School – Fredericton, New Brunswick
Dr. Roger Secondary School – Miramichi, New Brunswick
Netherlands
Gander College – Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. Michael Primary School – Stephenville Crossing, Newfoundland and Labrador
N.S.
Auburn Drive High School – Coal Harbour, Nova Scotia
NT
Chief Albert Wright School – Turita, Northern Territory
Ecole St. Joseph School – Yellowknife, Northern Territory
On
Alexander Stirling Public School – Scarborough, Ontario
Jarvis College Institute – Toronto, Ontario
Kenner College – Peterborough, Ontario
Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School – Mississauga, Ontario
Moosonee Public School – Moosonee, Ontario
Norman Johnston Secondary Alternative Program – Ottawa, Ontario
Sir Ernest MacMillan Public School – Burlington, Ontario
Stephen Lewis Secondary School – Vaughan, Ontario
Winchester Junior and Senior Public School – Toronto, Ontario
Quality Control
Chelsea Elementary School – Chelsea, Quebec
Ecole Horizon Soleil – Saint-Jérôme, Quesque
Ecole Mikijisetsu – Kichisaki, Kechisaki
Yeshiva Gedrah Montreal – Montreal, Quebec
SK
Bert Fox Community High School – Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan
Maverick School – Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Seven Stones Community School – Regina, Saskatchewan
