For Immediate Release:
September 19, 2014
Contact: Amanda Scurry, 517-256-2734, amanjohn@hotmail.com
Amy Miller, 812-760-1575, aedmiller@gmail.com
Sr. Karlene Sensmeier, 812-425-4596, ksensmeier@evdio.org
Susan Sublett, 812-897-2030, susan@warrickcommunityfoundation.org
Contact: Amanda Scurry, 517-256-2734, amanjohn@hotmail.com
Amy Miller, 812-760-1575, aedmiller@gmail.com
Sr. Karlene Sensmeier, 812-425-4596, ksensmeier@evdio.org
Susan Sublett, 812-897-2030, susan@warrickcommunityfoundation.org
The first
award from the Isaac Miller Music Matters Endowment
Fund will be presented
to St. Benedict Cathedral School on Monday, September 22 at 2 p.m.
The fund was
established by Matt and Amy Miller of Evansville to promote
music education and music therapy programs in the Evansville area. St. Ben’s will use the $800 award in
its elementary school’s music program.
The Millers
of Evansville established the endowment in 2012 in memory of their son Isaac
who was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma on November 4, 2010 at the young age of
three. After 18 months of battling
cancer, Isaac found his cure in heaven.
The fund is managed by the Warrick County Community
Foundation.
“We decided to grant the first gift from the endowment to St.
Ben’s because Isaac would currently be in first grade there,” said the Millers. “The school was so supportive of us when
Isaac was in treatment and after he passed away. We are so pleased that Isaac will continue to
have a connection with his school through this gift, even though he isn't able
to be a student there.”
The Millers,
with the help of family members and friends, organize the annual Isaac’s
Day of Music to raise money to build the endowment fund in order to provide
financial support to benefit more children each year. This year’s family-friendly
event will be held on November 9 from 1-5 p.m. at First Christian Church in
Newburgh.
The event
will include an afternoon of performances by local vocal and instrumental music
groups, dance groups and storytellers. The
day will also include a parent/child music demonstration by Music Together®,
inflatables, craft and activity tables sponsored by local organizations, food
sales and a silent auction.
Admission is $5 per person, ages 2 and under are free. All proceeds from the event will go directly
to the Isaac Miller Music Matters Endowment Fund.
“Throughout his life, we saw the impact music had on Isaac, whether
he was using music to express his feelings, interact with other children, or
just be a ‘regular kid,’ even for a brief moment,” the Millers said when asked
why they started the music endowment. “Every child should have the
opportunity to experience music in the same way and we started this fund to
give them that chance.”
For
more information contact: www.musicmattersfund.blogspot.com,
812-760-1575 or musicmattersfund@gmail.com.