HFM IN THE RUNNING FOR HUGE GRANT — VOTE NOW!

Please go to hungryformusic.com/vote.html to vote for Hungry for music!!

Hungry for Music has always relied on the support and generosity of our amazing community of friends. But seldom have we had a chance to benefit so much from so little effort on your part.

Last month, HFM entered the competition in the new Pepsi Refresh Project, which gives away $1.3 million per month to “good ideas” — that is, ideas that do good. Our project is called GET INSTRUMENTAL!, a year-long, ten-city plan to get 10,000 instruments to 10,000 kids. That’s far more than we’ve ever been able to reach before.

GET INSTRUMENTAL! is competing for one of two awards of $250,000. I don’t have to tell you how much that kind of funding could mean to our outreach efforts. The awards are made based strictly on the number of votes each plan receives. Voting just opened yesterday, and we are thrilled to be in the Top Ten ideas for the largest grants!

Voting is open to anyone, it’s completely free, and you can vote every day. Please, take the time to sign up and show your support for HFM. Your vote could make a huge difference in the lives of thousands of kids!

It’s easy to get voting:

1. Check us out at http://www.refresheverything.com/getinstrumental

2. Click “Vote for This Idea.”

3. Go through the quick, free signup (to prevent internet robots from voting a million times). If you’re signed into Facebook, you can just click the “Connect with Facebook” button.

4. Spread the word! The more people who help us out, the better our chances.  Please consider posting on your website, sending to your email list, posting on facebook/twitter/myspace, etc.

5. Come back and vote every day this month. Maybe even make it a habit when you start at your computer each morning. At the end of February, votes will be tallied and we hope to be in the top two!

As always, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Hungry for Music could not do what we do without the support of people like you.