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Organization Name: Executive Director Name: Organization Address: Executive Director Email: Executive Director Phone: Program Director Name: Program Director Email: Program Director Phone: EXHIBIT A PROGRAM COVER PAGE Children's Services Advisory Committee 2023-24 Grant Application Gifford Youth Orchestra Casey Lunceford 2270 Indian River Blvd., Suite 324, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Caseylunceford(a-)comcast.net (772) 213-3007 Crystal Bujol xtalankh(a-)-gmail.com (772) 778-5118 Name of Program: Staging For Success Focus Area: Quality Remediation and Enrichment Programs Description of the Program: The Gifford Youth Orchestra is a year-round cultural arts program based on Best Practices and supported by current data that validates the positive impact of music on a child's cognitive and mental development as well as helping to lift them out of poverty. As our contribution to replacing the cycle of poverty and leveling the playing field for children in Gifford, our mission is to provide education, experience, and training in various classical, cultural, and performing arts, for the youth of Gifford, Florida (and neighboring Indian River County Communities), with a core focus on mastering stringed instruments. Using music and the performing arts as tools, the Vision of the GYO is to empower children to change the trajectory of their lives from poverty to success and help them become productive members of both their community and the larger community as well. Our program prepares children to become better students, value citizenship as active agents in the community, build healthy social skills, develop positive relationships with peers, parents and teachers, other adults, and gain confidence and self-esteem. We have a motto of "Each One Teach One," and our students developed the theme of "Off the Street - On the Stage," to describe their purpose.