Good Deeds! Let's Make This Video Go Viral! #NCAMChallenge

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Dear Friends!

Please join us, donate one minute of your time and accept the #NCAMChallenge!

A very worthwhile non-profit in Santa Ana, California, could win thousands of dollars if their video goes viral.
And all you have to do is click ❤︎.

Janet:
"My longtime friends know that I originally worked as a school teacher in a tough neighborhood in my hometown Chicago. I moved West and entered the event production world and - as they say- the rest is history. But I never lost my passion for arts in education and that is why I have been a supporter of the Orange County Children's ARTS Center for several years. The Santa Ana based non-profit provides a large number of art based therapeutic and educational programs to an under-served community - and their successes speak for themselves. It's a pleasure to see the kids and students excel and thrive!

OCCTAC is currently participating in a nationwide campaign called #NCAMChallenge on Indi.com.  The Festival of Children Foundation offers participating non-profits a chance to win up to $50,000!

OCCTAC has an amazing success story to tell and their violin teacher Cynthia Faisst accepted the challenge and recorded the video with her reverse engineered violin duo!
These two young musicians are each missing one arm. However, they did not let this stop them from joining OCCTAC's violin program. Cynthia found out soon enough, though, that traditional prosthetic arms did not work well as bow arms. Searching for an affordable solution, she contacted the Limb Art Project at St. Margaret's Episcopalian School. High school students in a 3D printing program developed the high tech bow arms for the reverse engineered duo! The bow arms can be produced at very low cost, allowing the OCCTAC students to exchange them regularly as they grow!

Please support the violin students and OCCTAC.
Go to the video, click "Heart" and please share, share, share!
http://indi.com/7cs42


In a world full of sad news OCCTAC provides a place of hope and happiness - thank you for your time and your help!
Let's support these kids by making the duo's video go viral!

Warm regards,
Janet

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