Kindermusik with Tabby: Ruth D. Anderson Kindermusik Children's Fund - provides materials scholarships for students who demonstrate need.

The Ruth D. Anderson
Kindermusik^® Children's Fund

The Ruth D. Anderson Kindermusik Children's Fund provides At Home Materials to children who are physically or emotionally challenged, who are financially or educationally disadvantaged, who have physical disabilities, or who have lost a parent. Applications for scholarships are accepted online once each year, from May 15 through June 15.

ELIGIBILITY

Licensed Kindermusik educators who have been teaching Kindermusik for a minimum of one year are eligible to apply on behalf of children with special needs. Scholarships are available in these forms:

1. Scholarship for Kindermusik At Home Materials. As an existing Kindermusik educator, you could be granted an annual scholarship (fall and spring semesters) by which you would receive a Kindermusik account credit for your purchase of At Home Materials (account credit to be used for the purchase of At Home Materials for the children for whom you apply). This account credit would be equal to a set amount per child (up to a maximum of 12 children per semester). Scholarships for At Home Materials are available to Kindermusik educators around the world.

At Home Materials scholarship amounts granted are preset as follows:

Village

Our Time

Imagine That!

Young Child

Family Time

FUND GUIDELINES

A maximum of 12 children, or one class, will be granted to each individual educator. This may be materials for individual children or an entire class.
The fund is available to cover the cost of Kindermusik At Home Materials for each child.
For all requests granted, each child's name or initials and birth date must be submitted prior to the disbursement of materials, preferably with the application.
At Home Materials scholarships are available for the spring/fall studio curricula only, including Village, Our Time, Imagine That!, Young Child, and Family Time. Scholarships are not available for Kindermusik camp programs or Sign and Sing. Further details about ABC Music & Me scholarships are outlined below.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted each year for which the grant is requested. Each grant/application will encompass one year, two consecutive 15-week semesters, or four 8-week semesters for Village.
Funding does not cover the cost of teacher's materials or instruments.

Priority will be given to:

Children and families with the most compelling needs
First-time applicants who have taught Kindermusik for at least one year

At Home Materials scholarship amounts granted are preset as follows:

Village

Our Time

Imagine That!

Young Child

Family Time

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, a non-profit permanent fund, is the vehicle by which donors contribute to and support the Ruth D. Anderson Kindermusik Children's Fund.

FUNDING

The Ruth D. Anderson Children's Fund is able to provide scholarships through contributions from Kindermusik International, Kindermusik educators, and proceeds from the sale of Love everyday, a book of stories from Kindermusik educators about the joy of bringing music into the lives of children and families.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Children's Fund, send a check payable to "Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro" to the following address:

To be sure that your check goes toward the Children's Fund, please send an accompanying letter, or state on the "memo" section of your check, "Ruth D. Anderson Kindermusik Children's Fund."

Love everyday is available for purchase in the Kindermusik Store and it makes a wonderful gift or coffee table book for parents in your waiting room.

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