Thank you for your generous donation to STITCCH (Students Teaching Instruments to Create Community Harmony). Thanks to you, Needham High School student volunteers can continue to teach string instruments to children living with their families in a shelter and now chorus to children at a local community center.

STITCCH is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3)-certified organization with the goal of allowing more low-income young people to have the opportunity to include music in their lives. High school students commute every Sunday to a shelter for immigrants (mostly from Haiti) and a community center in the area that serves a large variety of families, to teach children how to play string instruments or to sing in a chorus. Each of these programs is 16 weeks long and concludes with a concert. Once the 16-week program concludes, children have the choice of continuing for additional 16-week STITCCH programs. It is special because it is completely free for all participants. Instruments, lessons, and childcare are provided. The students in the strings class are given instruments to practice for the week, and they bring these instruments to class on Sundays. However, due to the high demand for instruments, STITCCH needs donations to continue providing instruments. Donations will be used to buy and fix instruments, obtain sheet music for chorus, and to provide supplies for the program so that we can continue adding a little bit of music every week into these children's lives.

No goods or services were provided in exchange for this contribution. STITCCH is a tax exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and your donation is fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by local law.

Your official donation receipt is attached to this email. Please keep this for your records.

STITCCH Donations