Make a Tax Exempt Donation Before December 31st
Dear Friend,
Please support our efforts to motivate positive change.
Using art as a medium, our program participants learn to work collaboratively, be accountable and follow through on plans for success. Arts in Prison’s programs are about so much more than singing, drawing or writing. In 2011 more than 20 volunteer instructors provided hope and encouragement while helping inmates develop their skills. These volunteers provided more than 325 class sessions at the correctional facility, offering knowledge that will benefit inmates within and outside the prison walls.
Another 105 volunteers participated in organizing and presenting concerts by the East Hill Singers, a chorus of inmates and community singers. Almost 4,000 people attended these free concerts. Volunteers also hung art exhibits and secured book donations for prison libraries.
Can singing in a choir help a man change his life?
Robin says it can. She’s engaged to a former East Hill Singer, one of the men in blue shirts who served time at Lansing Correctional Facility. “He still talks about the choir,” she says. “Being in the group helped him to have hope. It motivated him to change his behavior and encouraged him to look forward.”
In order to continue with the success of this program we are asking you to financially support our efforts. Supporters donating $100 or more will receive a special thank you – a CD of the East Hill Singers’ recent Messiah performance.
All donations are important and very much appreciated.
Thank you for all of the ways that you have supported us in the past and thank you in advance for your support at this time.
Sincerely,
Leigh A. Lynch
Executive Director
