Our Heart Beats Too

Our Heart Beats Too accepts donations of new or gently used musical instruments and distributes them to refugee students. This includes providing individual instruments, such as a guitar to a refugee musician, and creating and distributing music kits with handheld instruments to young refugee children in partnership with The Welcome to America Project.

In partnership with The Welcome to America Project, Our Heart Beats Too creates and distributes music kits containing handheld musical instruments to young refugee children.

Our Heart Beats Too accepts donations of new or gently used musical instruments and distributes them to refugee students, including providing specific instruments like guitars to refugee musicians.

Collects and distributes new and gently used musical instruments to refugee students, including direct provision of instruments such as guitars and music kits containing handheld instruments for young children. Partners with organizations like The Welcome to America Project to expand reach.

Collects and accepts donations of new or gently used musical instruments and distributes them to refugee students, including providing individual instruments such as guitars to refugee musicians.

Our Heart Beats Too recruits teen musician volunteers to provide free music lessons to newly arrived students, including virtual lessons since the 2020-2021 school year, to help them succeed in music classes or learn new instruments.

Our Heart Beats Too recruits teen musician volunteers to provide free music lessons, including virtual lessons, to newly arrived students to help them succeed in music classes or learn new instruments. They also compile and provide a list of online music lesson resources and local organizations offering in-person music lessons.

Our Heart Beats Too compiles and provides a list of online music lesson resources and local organizations offering in-person music lessons to support music education.

Recruits teen musician volunteers to deliver free music lessons to newly arrived refugee students, both in-person and virtually since the 2020–2021 school year, to support their success in school music programs or help them learn new instruments.

Recruits teen musician volunteers to provide free in-person and virtual music lessons to newly arrived refugee students to support their participation in school music programs or to learn new instruments, ongoing since the 2020–2021 school year.

Hosts benefit concerts, including virtual events, featuring local and refugee musicians to raise funds for refugee families. Events such as the “Music Feeds the Soul Benefit Concert” and a June 2020 virtual concert have raised nearly $7,700 to address food insecurity and provide meals.

The organization hosts benefit concerts featuring local and refugee musicians, such as the "Music Feeds the Soul Benefit Concert," to raise funds for initiatives like addressing food insecurity for refugee families.

The organization hosts virtual and in-person benefit concerts featuring local and refugee musicians, raising funds to address food insecurity and provide meals for refugee families.

Organizes virtual and in-person benefit concerts featuring local and refugee musicians to raise funds for food insecurity relief, including events such as the “Music Feeds the Soul Benefit Concert” in 2020 and a June 2020 virtual concert, which raised nearly $4,000 to provide over 184 meals.

Hosts recurring community music events such as “Days of Music” and interactive musical activities during cultural celebrations like World Refugee Day to engage refugee and local communities in the greater Phoenix area.

Organizes public music events such as “Days of Music” and interactive musical tables at cultural celebrations like World Refugee Day to engage children and adults from diverse backgrounds through games, instruments, and performances.

Plans to scale operations by opening a second chapter in St. Louis, indicating capacity-building efforts to increase service delivery to refugee communities.

Plans to expand organizational reach by opening a second chapter in St. Louis, indicating capacity-building efforts to scale operations.

Provides musical and cultural education to refugee children through songs, instrument-making, musical games, and live performances at community events, summer camps, and in partnership with organizations such as Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest and The Welcome to America Project.

Provides musical and cultural education to refugee children through songs, instrument-making, live performances, and interactive activities at community events and summer camps. Programs include partnerships with Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest and take place in the greater Phoenix area.

The organization provides musical and cultural education to refugee children through songs and activities at events in the greater Phoenix community. This includes organizing summer camps with musical demonstrations, providing music sessions at summer day camps with instrument-making and live performances, and creating interactive musical instrument and game tables for children and adults during events like World Refugee Day.

The organization provides musical and cultural education to refugee children through songs and activities at events in the greater Phoenix community, including interactive musical instrument tables, music sessions at summer camps, and musical demonstrations at summer camps organized with partners.