You can help by:

• Contacting SVYS and your child's school administration to get a program started in your school.
• Sponsoring a Starter Strings program in a low-income area school by providing tuition assistance and fractional sized instruments for the students.
• Becoming a teacher in one of our programs.

As SVYS expands our Starter Strings program, we would like to make fractional-sized violins, cellos, violas, and basses available to the new young students via a rental or loan plan.

Our grade-school students need a smaller instrument for a proper fit. We presently own several of these, but the need is greater than we can supply. If we have these instruments on hand at the time of registration we have found that families are more likely to enroll their students in the program.

If you can help SVYS acquire one of these instruments, please contact Mr. Haglund or the SVYS office. Your instrument will remain in the SVYS inventory for years, touching many hands as each new class of Starter Strings begins its study!

Child-sized violin sets are priced as low as $150. Click here to view examples of these small instruments, and to find a donation form.

As the SVYS continues to grow, we have a need to purchase new equipment and upgrade or replace older items. You can help by making a tax-deductible donation targeted directly toward the purchase of an item of your choice. Please contact Mr. Haglund directly for his current priority list. He has established a "wish list" at Woodwind and Brasswind which identifies his most pressing needs. If you find an item you wish to help us purchase, please use this Equipment Donation form.

In making the move to the Center for the Arts, the SVYS is assuming additional financial responsibilities. We are asking for your support to raise the $310.00 monthly rental fee. Please consider sponsoring a month's rent at the Center for the Arts. You will be helping us provide not only the second floor office, but the three weekly rehearsal spaces, in addition to the performance, meeting, and work spaces we use regularly throughout the year.

Become a Monthly Rent Sponsor by contacting Richard Haglund, Music Director, at the SVYS office or by downloading the Rent Sponsor form. (PDF document)

The Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony has established a fund with the Sangamon County Community Foundation which allows members of the public to make charitable contributions to SVYS. Many options for supporting SVYS exist at the Foundation, including estate bequests.

Please call the SVYS office or visit the SCCF website for more information.