NAMM Provides Free Community Outreach Materials to Retailers

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products association, today announced it will offer free materials to NAMM Member retailers who would like to show their support for music and music education in their communities.

The Sesame Street Music Works Community Outreach Bundle and SupportMusic Community Action Kit can be used to show retailers’ support for families and schools, increase the size their sales markets, and promote their businesses as the source for music making and music education advocacy in their respective communities.

The Sesame Street Music Works Community Outreach Bundle provides a great way to promote your business to families and early childhood groups. These bulk materials make it easy to connect with families at large public events, or to build relationships with pre-school and daycare networks and the other related groups.

Each bundle includes:

• 150 Sesame Street Music Works videos (choose DVD or VHS formats, depending on the programs’ needs)
• 150 Activity Guides in English and Spanish
• 150 “Musical Connections” pamphlets linking activities with learning areas
• 4 large “Learn and Grow with Music” glossy posters featuring Big Bird
• 150 “Share the Joy of Making Music with Your Child” brochures for countertop or distribution
• 160 “123 Sesame Street: Make Music with Rosita and Friends” activity magazines.

SupportMusic Community Action Kit includes the latest research on music’s impact on student growth and achievement, plus communications and local organizing strategies. Offering this kit to parents and teachers can help them organize support for music education in schools.

Each kit includes:

• Customizable PowerPoint presentations
• A petition to keep music in schools
• Downloadable brochures, posters and letter templates
• Public service announcements
• Tips to form a local grassroots coalition
• Many items in English and Spanish
• “Why Learn to Play Music?” brochures (25-piece pre-packs): These “re-brandable” four-color flyers featuring the latest research on music’s impact on student growth and achievement are perfect for point-of-purchase countertop displays, rental instrument inserts, store mailers, back-to-school night handouts, private lesson waiting rooms, repair counters or large public event giveaways.

To order the free materials, NAMM Members can call 800.767.6266 or send an e-mail to info@namm.org.