TMMC provides monetary support to the Music is Life! program of the Brooklyn Arts Music Academy here in Wilmington. Music Is Life! Engages local 3-5 year old children with free weekly music instruction in partnership with Head Start and New Hanover County Schools. Music Is Life! builds resiliency skills for children who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) by fostering social-emotional growth, and promoting cognitive, language, and physical development. Building resilience in children can help mitigate long-term negative impacts after ACE’s have already occurred.
For more information on any of these programs contact Scholarship Chair Beverly Andrews: beverlyhandrews@gmail.com, 910-619-8232.
Listen to Rhonda Bellamy’s February 1, 2024 interview of Beverly Andrews on WHQR here.