The Bay Area Brony Spectacular (aka BABSCon) is the San Francisco Bay Area’s My Little Pony (MLP) fan convention. It was founded in 2013 and had its first event in April of 2014 with record setting attendance. That first con was the largest ever for a first-year MLP convention and immediately made BABSCon one of…
The Monterey County, CA, chapter of Guitars not Guns has been chosen to be honored at the second annual California Nonprofits Day celebration On Wednesday, June 28, as a nonprofit of the year! The celebrations will be held at the State Capitol in Sacramento. The chapter has been selected by State Senator Bill Monning as…
A new way for the Police Department to reach out to the youth in their community. (Music). Yes, the Newnan, GA Police Department is now using the Guitars not Guns Music Program as a way to help underprivileged youth cope with their anger and restlessness. How many other police departments in our country could use our program?…
The Philadelphia chapter of the Guitars not Guns Music Program, led by President Zeve Cohen, is having a great year and recently began new classes for the beginning of the new school year. We are so proud of Zeve and the rest of the Philadelphia chapter board, Mike Fioriglio and Ilan Cohen, for the great…
According to the National Vital Statistics Reports released this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 33,000 Americans were killed by guns in 2013. This includes more than 21,000 suicides and more than 11,000 murders. In fact, gun violence was the leading cause of all injury-related death in 2013, accounting…
We are excited to announce the generous donation of 95 Fender acoustic guitars that will be split between seven chapters in California! This donation was given to our program by InHouseUSA. InHouseUSA is a technology company that supports mortgage lenders in managing quality outsourced commercial and residential real estate appraisals. They believe in the next…
A Star on the Rise Summerlyn Powers is a native of Fairhope, Alabama, and at 14 years old is a rising country music star. Summerlyn recently heard that the Foley, AL, chapter of the Guitars not Guns Music program was in need of volunteer guitar instructors at the Snook Youth Center, so she jumped at…
Congratulations Oregon! The first graduating class of the Guitars not Guns Music Program in the State of Oregon graduated nine students on August 24, 2015, at the Neighbors for Kids Facility on the Central Coast, Lincoln County. The eight week beginner and intermediate classes were taught by Richard Salazar, founder and president of the Oregon…
Every so often people will tell us their stories via our website. It’s their way of saying, “Hey, I like what you’re doing. Let me tell you a story about why I think what you do is so important.” We love hearing these stories. Sometimes the stories are sad, sometimes they’re uplifting, but they’re always…