<SW's $10,000 Season of Song>

DECEMBER 2010

Dear Friends,
Music IS the Universal Language!
It’s the language of the heart, shared profoundly across differences in class, culture and age. Music lights up the mind in more regions than any other human activity.
Science shows that making music is one of the healthiest things we do.

We all know how singing and listening can burst us into laughter, tears, and togetherness.
When we are welcomed to be ourselves, express our stories and sounds, and create together we change:

• A family caregiver witnesses a loved one’s fresh intelligence emerge despite memory loss

• A professional songwriter in service finds their musical world is forever expanded by the spontaneity and authenticity of their elder students

This is how Songwriting Works. We bring seasoned songwriters, elders and their families together to write their own songs and we need your help.
We’re in a year-end campaign to raise $10,000 by Dec 31st, 2010. The first $1,000 raised by midnight Dec 31st
will be MATCHED dollar for dollar. WE NEED $700 more to make the match!!
IF you believe music heals, please click this link and donate what you can:
http://www.razoo.com/p/holiday-75-SW-Season-of-Song
Each donate button is a unique fundraiser's page with different photos, stories and videos.
Please donate to pages under $200 as the match requires 5 or more pages to reach $200/each. THANK YOU!!!!

Funds raised will go toward training more songwriters and caregivers to spark more musical
transformation in neighborhoods, nursing homes and communities around the country.

Help us succeed! Give $20 if you can. Give $10. Give $100. SPREAD THE WORD to 5 friends who love music.
POST THESE URLS to your facebook and twitter networks.
Give yourself the gift of making more songs happen in this world! This page:http://songwritingworks.org/SWs10000SeasonofSong.htm
Donate page:http://www.razoo.com/p/holiday-75-SW-Season-of-Song

Do you have a singer or songwriter hidden in your heart or know someone that does? Do you love to play?
Join us! With your support JOY BLOOMS. SOULS BOND. BARRIERS DISSOLVE. GREAT SONGS are born.

Join the campaign, by donating at http://www.razoo.com/p/holiday-75-SW-Season-of-Song
There you can make your tax-deductible contribution on any SW team fundraiser’s page, read their stories about this work, see favorite video
of the projects & pix and track the challenge.
Or help us grow swiftly: become a team fundraiser for the Challenge and win a 1967 vintage guitar and other prizes!

We have til midnight Pacific Time on New Year’s EVE!

THANK YOU!!!!

Judith-Kate Friedman, founder and director
Aimee Ringle, special projects
Emily Neumann, assistant to the director
Daniel Deardorff and Suzan Goodman, board of directors

Phots: Songwriting Works at Encore OlyCAP, Port Angeles, WA, Winter 2010 by Aimee RIngle

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