WITH HELP OF TIME WARNER CABLE AND STAR 98.7 THE VH1 SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION GEARS UP FOR 10th ANNIVERSARY WITH $50,000 DONATION TO LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Donation Part of The Foundation's 10th Anniversary Goal to Ensure 1 Million Public School Students Receive The Benefits of Music Education

Los Angeles, CA, June 7, 2007 - The VH1 Save The Music Foundation and Time Warner Cable, with the help of STAR 98.7 today are hosting a culmination event at Valley Alternative Magnet School (add address) at 10:00 am as part of the Foundation’s 10th Anniversary.  The event celebrates the donation of $50,000 worth of new musical instruments to restore Valley Alternative and Balboa Gifted/High Achieving Magnet’s music education programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District for the 2006/2007 school year. The donation is part of The Foundation’s efforts to restore 4 million dollars worth of instrumental music programs nationwide throughout this year. In addition, it brings VH1 Save The Music closer to achieving its 10th Anniversary goal of reaching 1 million students and advance its ongoing mission of ensuring that all children have access to the benefits of music education.  

Throughout the year, t he Foundation will continue to work with Time Warner Cable and STAR 98.7 to guarantee that all students in the Los Angeles Unified School District receive music education as part of their core curriculum.  Since 1998 Time Warner Cable and VH1 Save The Music have provided $1,185,000 worth of new musical instruments to restore music programs in 49 Los Angeles area public schools. 

“We at VH1 Save The Music couldn’t be happier to celebrate our 10th anniversary by donating $50,000 worth of new musical instruments to the students and teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District,” said Paul Cothran, Executive Director, VH1 Save The Music.  “Of course none of this would be possible without the help from our friends at Time Warner Cable.  Their support throughout the years has allowed VH1 Save The Music to bring music education to increasing numbers of public school students.”

“Time Warner Cable is committed to ensuring that our local students in Los Angeles receive the benefits of music education,” said Debi Picciolo, President, Time Warner Cable North Division.  “We look forward to working with VH1 Save The Music for another ten years to restore music programs throughout the Southern California communities we serve .”

"Music is an essential part of a child's education", said STAR 98.7 Marketing Director, Robert Lyles, "We're a huge supporter of restoring music programs in schools and applaud all the great work VH 1 Save The Music has done towards those efforts."
Since the VH1 Save The Music Foundation was created in 1997, $34 million worth of new musical instruments have been donated to 1,400 public schools in 80 cities, improving the lives of more than 800,000 children.  Platinum sponsors of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation include Anheuser Busch and the University of Phoenix, Gold Sponsors include Warner Bros, and Silver Sponsors include Dave and Buster’s, Gibson, and Quiznos. 

Now in its tenth year, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of education in America’s public schools by restoring music education programs in cities across the U.S. and raising awareness of the importance of music participation for our nation’s youth. 

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The national partner organizations of VH1 Save The Music include the American Association of School Administrators, the American Music Conference, America’s Promise-The Alliance for Youth, ASCAP Foundation,
 Chief State School Officers Association, MENC-The National Association for Music Education, NAMM-International Music Products Association, National School Boards Association and the  U.S. Department of Education. 
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Contact: Patti Röckenwagner/TWC
310-563-5884

Maura Wozniak/VH1
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