Let’s celebrate our Contra Costa, CA Chapter of Guitars Not Guns and Director Barbara Gorin, for receiving the CBS News Bay Area ICON AWARD! Join us in congratulating them on this remarkable achievement!

Watch the video of the news broadcast! https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/barbara-gorin-east-bay-nonprofit-guitars-not-guns/

Memorial Celebration at NAMM honoring our late founder Ray Nelson

25 Year Milestone Award Presented at the 2025 NAMM Show

Founder’s Ray and Louise Nelson, Pictured Louise Nelson and Dan Del Fiorentino of NAMM

National Board left to right: Richard Salazar, Donna Hammond, Barbara Gorin, Louise Nelson and Dan Del Fiorentino of NAMM, Not pictured: Steve Vagnini

Pictures from NAMM, National Board members pictured along with Chapter Directors from Oregon, Maryland, Contra Costa, CA and Sonoma, CA

CONTRA COSTA BENEFIT CONCERT- NOVEMBER 30TH, 2024

OCTOBER 4-5, 2024: KIDS MUSIC DAY/CREATIVE CONCORD’S ART & MUSIC JAM

The Contra Costa Chapter would like to Thank all our amazing sponsors and supporters. We are excited to be graduating our final class of 2024, and look forward to our new sessions in 2025!

Guitar Art Silent Auction-Contra Costa, CA Chapter: Oct.4-Oct.12, 2024

November 30, 2024 Contra Costa, CA Chapter Press Release

November 30, 2024: Guitars Not Guns-Contra Costa Chapter Children’s Music Charity Annual Fundraising Concert Event

May is National Foster Care Month

The month of May is National Foster Care Month (NFCM) May is an important opportunity to spread the word about the needs of the more than 319,000 children and young people in foster care. A Blue ribbon is the color and symbol for National Foster Care month. May 31, 2024 is Foster Parent appreciation Day. We each can play a part in enhancing the lives of children and youth in foster care through programs such as Guitars Not Guns. For more information regarding Foster Care visit; childwelfare.gov

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Let’s Thank our Teacher’s during “Teachers Appreciation week.” Thank you for all that you do to keep this organization and the kids of Guitars Not Guns tuned into the guitar and music! Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!!

–GIVING TUESDAY-GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC TO A CHILD IN NEED! Your gift of just $50 will provide an at-risk/foster child with 8 weeks of music lessons, an acoustic guitar, music stand, instructional booklet, tuner and strap. Lesson’s are provided by our volunteers/instructors who are all volunteers, all the time! We are a non-profit 501c3 organization. So, your donation goes directly to educating the children in music! Any donation amount will be greatly appreciated, and make an everlasting impact on a child in need.

Contra Costa’s Annual Children’s Music Charity held on Saturday, November 25th, 2023. Come out and support the kids of Guitars Not Guns and have a great time! Be sure to read the press release for all the exciting offers!

Check out the Contra Costa County, CA Chapter on KTVU Channel 2 News interview on the open house in the East Bay area for Guitars Not Guns! https://www.ktvu.com/video/1289073

Check us out again on KRON Channel 4 News-Contra Costa County, CA in the Concord Library, Making music with the Kids of Guitars Not Guns! https://youtu.be/ue65anY7wfQ?si=O6kf77ppxkbN7oWD

Another Chapter in the News! Western, MA News in Springfield, MA and what Guitars Not Guns is doing to help juveniles to escape the violence through Music with Guitars Not Guns at the Boys and Girls Club. https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/29/local-programs-look-step-up-decrease-juvenile-violence-springfield/

>Check out what the Contra Costa Times has to say about the graduating class from the Antioch session. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v+eBa5XHOoSBs

Guitars Not Guns 2019 Annual Children’s Music Charity Fundraising Concert Event

 

Art Guitars and Signed Guitars Silent Auction
October 6, 2018

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Police department graduates guitar class.

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