Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Support Sphinx by Taking the Community Foundation Arts & Culture Challenge on Aug. 18!

[Alivia, a Sphinx Overture student at her weekly lesson]

GIVE on "A" Major Scale!
Support Sphinx by Taking the Community Foundation Arts & Culture Challenge on Aug. 18!
Help Us Continue to Build Diversity in Classical Music by Giving Online!
Beginning August 18 at 10:00a.m. your online donations at http://www.cfsem.org will support Sphinx like never before-- ensuring that underserved youth have access to music education and that classical music will reflect cultural diversity in the everyday lives of young people. We are excited to announce that the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, through the Community Foundation Challenge - Arts & Culture, is providing up to $1 million to match general operating gifts to support participating arts and cultural organizations including, the Sphinx Organization!!

A match of $1 will be provided for every $2 contributed online. This means your gift of $50 will become $75. Support Sphinx programs at the $1000 level, and the Community Foundation will match it with and additional $500. Even a gift of $25 will be matched, and provide one lesson for an aspiring student in your local area. Matching Funds will be awarded on a "first gift, first match" basis. The matching program will end as soon as the $1 Million of match funds are gone. With dozens of organization eligible to participate in this challenge, the matching funds will go quickly!Beginning August 18, at 10:00 a.m. gifts for the Community Foundation Challenge can be made online to support Sphinx and other participating arts and cultural organizations. Through the website, donors can choose one or more organizations to support using a simple menu to locate organizations participating in the challenge.

Gifts must be made online by credit card or e-check and can range from $25 to $10,000 per contributor, per organization. Only donations will be matched- not pledges. For more details you can visit http://www.cfsem.org. Questions or Comments? Please contact Alison Piech by email: alison@sphinxmusic.org or by phone (313) 877-9100 ext. 709 at the Sphinx Organization.[The Founder/President of The Sphinx Organization is violinist Aaron P. Dworkin, who is profiled at AfriClassical.com]






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