The Rhythmic Arts Program News
THE RHYTHMIC ARTS PROGRAM NEWS The Rhythmic Arts Project is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization [Federal I.D. No. 300265346] founded in 1997 by famed Southern California drummer, Eddie Tuduri. Its mission is to promote the inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in all aspects of everyday life through their involvement with percussion instruments. The TRAP model has proven highly successful, with programs
operating in 20 states and five countries around the world. CBC will work with
Eddie to help him expand TRAP to new locations while maintaining its quality
and enhancing its sustainability. July 2011 TRAP-LANTERMAN--Count Me In, Lanterman, a program that we created for Lanterman High School in Los Angeles, CA is scheduled to begin this September! This project will serve 30 high school students with developmental and cognitive disabilities. We received a matching funds grant for the Rochelle and Richard Maize Foundation and supportive funds from the Rags for Riches Foundation, putting us well within reach of our funding goal. We will provide more info about this great project soon. TRAP-SMARTS - The SMARTS program of Youngstown State University (OH) will partner with us in utilizing TRAP to serve disadvantaged children and youth at five locations beginning this September. We are thrilled to have this project operating in our hometown, especially since one of the locations included in the SMARTS service group is the Rich Center for Autism. April 2011 We are currently negotiating with Lanterman High School in Los Angeles to bring TRAP to 30 of their students during the 2011-12 academic year. At the same time, we're talking with people in two other states who are interested in hosting TRAP. Our efforts to "grow" TRAP have become central to much of what we've been working on within CBC of late. We hope to have something concrete to announce soon. January, 2011 CBC has been working closely with Eddie Tuduri and his board members during the past several months to develop and finalize our collaborative arrangement with TRAP. Our plan is to begin, this month, to identify one or more locations in the Los Angeles area that would like to incorporate TRAP into their programming for young children and those with special needs. Once those coalition partnerships are secured, we'll set out to locate appropriate funding sources. We're all excited about the possibilities this working relationship holds for helping kids. |