Our goal - 10 hours of service per year per member

What we already do:

• Provide Ushers for all curricular Music department concerts

• Coordinate penny war (fall)

• Coordinate Music Department Canned Food drive

• Community Service - Feed My Starving Children

• Coordinate Battle of the Musicians

• Feeder School performances and outreach

• Special trip to see a concert or musical production

• Perform and/or attend in the Senior Honors Recital (spring)

Sample service projects - this list is from the national Tri-M website. What other ideas do you have?

• Set up a Music Tutoring Program

• Change for Music

• Back to School Night Performance

• Instrument Petting Zoo

• Organize a Sponsored Walkathon

• Enlist Local Musicians and School Ensembles to Host a Benefit Concert

• Host a “Your School Name Idol” Talent Show

• Volunteer to work at County/District/State Auditions

• Dinner Theatre Production

• Student Performances at Local Nursing Homes/Assisted Living Centers/Police Departments/Fire Departments/Community Centers/Hospitals/Elementary Schools

• Raise money for iPods, and create playlists for Alzheimer’s patients

• Host a reception at Parent/Teacher Night or at an Open House event

• Acoustic Cafe

• Winter Coffeehouse

• *Act as Concert Ushers for School Performances

• Incorporate “music history tidbits” in your school’s daily announcements

• Partner with local businesses to advertise upcoming musical events and projects

• Give music lessons at local group homes, orphanages, or retirement homes

• Usher, prepare sets, costumes, programs, and collect tickets at community concerts, theater shows, or festivals

• Assist young Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts with earning their music badges

• Instrument donation drive

• Music In Our Schools Month® awareness event

• Flower or bake sale at performances