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2018-2019 CSAC Funding Application <br />PROGRAM COVER PAGE <br />Organization Name: The Gifford Youth Orchestra <br />Executive Director: Crystal Bujol E-mail: xtalankh@aol.com <br />Address: 8 Vista Gardens Trail #102 Telephone: 772--778-5118 <br />Fax: none <br />Program Director: Iva Powell <br />Address: 4061.42nd Scl <br />Vero Beach, FL, 32967 <br />Program Title: <br />Staging for Their Future <br />E-mail: ivapowel[90@gmail.com <br />Telephone. 772-563-7072 <br />Fax: none <br />Priority Need Area Addressed: <br />Gifford, Florida and neighboring communities of Wabasso, Highlands, and Oslo, Florida. <br />Brief Description of the Program: <br />Since 2003, the motto for the Gifford Youth Orchestra has been: More Violins, Less Violence, Better Tomorrows. For this reason, the <br />GYO is designed to bring a generous slice of cultural,arts to the children in Gifford and surrounding communities. We provide a youth <br />enrichment program that teaches students to play string instruments, the piano, and use their voice. We provide 48 weekly lessons <br />using the Suzuki Method, classical music, and some spiritual/gospel music. <br />Our goal is to help.students create a brighter future for themselves. The Gifford Youth Orchestra changes lives. The GYO gives tools to <br />at -risk children who face the possibility of remaining in a cycle of poverty. The GYO gives children a reason to hope and to dream. The <br />GYO keeps children off the street and on the stage. The GYO spotlights. children who are often labeled as being worthless, less than, and <br />a threat to society. The GYO says to those children, "Yes you can!" The GYO uplifts an entire community and has been doing so since <br />2003. <br />1 <br />