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With Community's Help, Instruments Of Change Receives $10,000
With the help of the community, the nonprofit Instruments of Change has received a $10,000 donation.
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, FL -- With the help of the community, the nonprofit Instruments of Change has received a $10,000 donation from Insurance and Trust Agency in Tampa through the 2018 Safeco Insurance Make More Happen Awards.
Safeco vowed to double its $5,000 donation to Instruments of Change if the organization got the community to "like" or "share" the story about the donation on its Facebook page.
The community responded in overwhelming numbers, said Jeff Chernoff, vice president of Insurance and Trust and a board President for Instruments of Change.
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A Brandon-based nonprofit, Instruments of Change gives disadvantaged children an opportunity to learn an instrument by providing students with donated instruments, instruction and performance opportunities.
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From left are Jeff Chernoff, Insurance and Trust Agency principal; Robby Hawking, Safeco Insurance southeast territory manager; Glen Schubert, Instruments of Change executive director; and Jonathon Hunt, Seminole Heights Elementary music instructor.
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