December 6, 2010
Today is:
Here are a few success stories of members of the Pawn industry who have donated musical instruments to students. Check back in the near future to see who else has been added!
Gift Day in the Media
Alabama
Troy Messenger
http://www.troymessenger.com/news/2009/dec/03/
pawn-express-donates-instruments/
Enterprise Ledger
http://www2.eprisenow.com/ent/news/local/article/
enterprise1/113603/
Georgia
Governor Perdue Website
http://photos.gov.georgia.gov/Governor-Sonny-Perdue/
December-2009/Photo-Ops-12109/10504264_j7R3d#729194606
_2Yz5Y-L-LB
Lithonia Georgia
http://www.ocgnews.com/index.php?id=739:knollwood-elementary-receives-a-gift-of-music&option=com_content&catid=28:class-notes&Itemid=69
WMGT (find the link titled "Musical Instruments")
http://www.41nbc.com/
Illinois
Waukeegan News Sun
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/business/
1921876,5_1_WA05_WAUKEGAN_S1-091205.article
Chicago Sun Times
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/business/
1921876,5_1_WA05_WAUKEGAN_S1-091205.article
Indiana
WNDU
http://www.wndu.com/hometop/headlines/78548942.html
FOX 28
http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=11623347
South Bend Tribunal
http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20091205/News01/
912050309/1130
Ohio
The Chronicle Telegram in Elyria
http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2009/12/07/
music-students-get-their-hardware-for-a-song/
South Carolina
Spartanburg Herald Journal
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20091208/ARTICLES/
912081022/1051
WPDE
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=387629
Tennessee
WBIR Knoxville
http://www.wbir.com/life/programming/local/liveatfive/
story.aspx?storyid=106605&provider=gnews
Texas
News-Journal Longview
http://www.news-journal.com/search/content/features/
stories/stories/2009/12/08/12082009_How_to_help.html
Cypress Times
http://www.thecypresstimes.com/article/News/Your_News/
PAWNBROKERS_PLAY_SANTA_CLAUS/26241
Online (No State Attribution)
http://pawnonomics.com/pawnbrokers-play-santa-claus/
East Dallas
Jordan Osborne from Insta-Cash Pawn coordinated a donation of several instruments to the East Dallas Boys and Girls Club.
Dekalb County Georgia
Georgia Pawnbrokers donate keyboards to the students of Knollwood Elementary in Dekalb County Georgia
Longview Texas
Ken Prine from Insta-Cash Pawn organized pawnbrokers in East Dallas to Donate musical instruments to the Longview Boys and Girls Club. Robert Nash the club's director was on hand to accept the instruments along with children from the program.
Lou Tansky Organizes Pawnbrokers in Ohio
On December 4th Lou Tansky, President of the Ohio Pawnbrokers Association and owner of Uncle Ben’s Pawn Shop in Cleveland, worked with pawn shops from across the state to donate a collection of musical instruments to the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center’s music therapy program.
The program uses music to address emotional and psychological needs of veterans, while assisting in rehabilitation. The donation took place at the Brecksville facility, which provides care to over 95,000 veterans each year in northern Ohio.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue Declares December 6th, 2000
Pawnbrokers Day
On December 1, Governor Sonny Perdue met with pawnbrokers from around the state to take part in the National Pawnbrokers Association’s Musical Instrument Gift Day. At least 8 Georgia pawn shop owners pledged over 70 instruments to donate to the Charles R. Drew Charter School. Governor Perdue selected the school at an event in his office with students, faculty and members of the local businesses making the donations. The school is a part of a successful initiative to redevelop the community of East Lake and will use the musical instruments to build a strong music program. Georgia native Dave Adelman, former President of the National Pawnbrokers Association, spear-headed the effort with the Governor. The Governor released an official proclamation declaring December 6th, 2009 Pawnbrokers Day.
Pappy Clarke from Pappy's Pawn in Knoxville, TN was recently featured on his local TV News Station as a Gift Day donor.
http://www.wbir.com/life/programming/local/liveatfive/story.aspx?storyid=106605&provider=gnews
In addition to making a generous donation to local schools, Pappy wrote this touching song, and it is with his permission that we post it below:
Let me tell the story- I can tell it all
About a local pawnshop
That came to give it all,
to those needy students,
covering our land,
Who want to play an instrument
If they had it in their hand.
Money's gotten tighter,
In these past few years,
You can see the disapointment
In our childrens tears.
But if we come together
Like the Beatles said
We can bring much joy
and put music in their heads.
And it's for students, students
All across this land
Dust off that old instrument
And put it in their hand.
Students, students
Let's give to those who need
Give the gift of music
And plant that early seed!
New CLSD Foundation Provides Band Instruments to San Jose School March 25, 2009
March 25, 2009 – The Collateral Loan and Secondhand Dealers Foundation (CLSD Foundation; 501c(3) in process) is a philanthropic organization founded by the Collateral Loan and Secondhand Dealers Association of California. CLSDA encourages its extensive network of California pawnbrokers to take part in the CLSD Foundation through both donations and hands-on involvement.
Recently, CLSDA members donated a variety of musical instruments to the CLSD Foundation. As a direct result of their generosity, the CLSD Foundation completed its first distribution of musical instruments to the students of Lincoln High School in San Jose, CA.
This was the first step in their ultimate goal of a statewide outreach program collecting and then furnishing underprivileged California schools, grades K-12, with quality musical instruments.
According to CLSDA Board President Robert Verhoeff, Lincoln High School was an ideal candidate for the program. “The school recently had most of its band instruments stolen and had no funds to replace them,” he said. “It was fortunate that through our Foundation we were able to rally the California pawn community to provide more than 24 quality instruments to the school.”
Lincoln High School music teacher Kate Meyer said in all of her years of teaching this is the most extraordinary thing she has ever seen. “We are very grateful to the CLSD Foundation for its efforts.”
“While pawnbrokers have always been actively involved in their community through business and social organizations, we felt we could utilize our industry’s knowledge and individual members’ love for music to provide badly needed support for various musical programs,” Verhoeff said. “We see this as just the beginning of how our industry and its members can give back to our communities through this Foundation.”
About CLSDA
For the past 53 years, the Collateral Loan and Secondhand Dealers Association (CLSDA) has been serving the pawn industry in California through programs, education, information and legislative advocacy.
The Importance of Music Education
Respondents of a recent Harris Poll cite skills they learned in music as helping them in their careers today. Seventy-two percent of adults with music education agree that it equips people to be better team players in their career and nearly six in ten agree that music education has influenced their creative problem solving skills. Many also agree music education provides a disciplined approach to problem solving, a sense of organization and prepares someone to manage the tasks of their job more successfully
Other studies show the value of music programs to our future generations:
• Students in top quality music programs scored 22 percent higher in English and 20 percent higher in math on standardized tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act (University of Kansas).
• In 2006, SAT takers with coursework in music performance scored 57 points higher on the verbal portion of the test and 43 points higher on the math portion (The College Board, Profile of College-Bound Seniors National Report for 2006).