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Plugged In Car Wash

NEEDHAM [June 15, 2013] - On Saturday, June 15th, Plugged In students and parents will be holding a car wash to benefit Plugged In Teen Band Program. Funds raised will go towards supporting the Plugged In student scholarship program which allows dozens of students experiencing financial hardship to be a part of the Plugged In community.


 


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MORE INFORMATION:


Plugged In Teen Band Program is a local non-profit organization dedicated to showing young musicians how to make positive social change through music. Plugged In provides students with innovative music instruction, song-writing workshops, and access to dozens of community performances all with a focus on social responsibility.  Additionally, more than 300 students participate in the production of 3 annual benefit concerts at which Plugged In musicians perform to raise money for charitable organizations chosen by the students.


 


For more information about Plugged In, our programs, and how you can support the young musicians in your community visit:


www.pluggedinband.org (Official website)


www.pluggedinband.org/programs (Registration Page)


www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDUGHf8Q1yw (CNN Interview)


http://www.youtube.com/user/PluggedInProgram (Official YouTube channel)


 


Or contact us at:


Sandra Rizkallah - Executive Director and Co-Founder


Sandra@plpuggedinband.org


781-956-4281


Dan Croft - Plugged In Program Coordinator


dan@pluggedinband.org


857-222-8028


 


ABOUT THE FOUNDERS:


Tom Pugh and Sandra Rizkallah established the Plugged In Teen Band Program in 2002. Pugh, a Berklee alumni and musician for thirty years, is the music director for Plugged In. He is a member of two Boston-based bands and has played at the Montreal Jazz Festival. He has also been an engineer at WGBH in Boston for more than twenty years. Sandra Rizkallah has a degree in film and television from Emerson College, has produced her own documentaries, and has worked in the post-production department of Nova at WGBH.


 

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