Donation optionsThere are many ways to make a contribution
Your contribution will make a valuable impact on Ottawa’s youth.
You can give kids from equity-deserving Ottawa communities the opportunity to learn vital life lessons such as responsibility, teamwork, respect, and compassion through making music together.
Donate Money
Your gift will help a child from an equity-deserving Ottawa area reach for success through music!
Instruments
Donations of musical instruments help OrKidstra give at-risk youth the wonderful gift of music!
Legacy Gifts
You can make a sustained impact on future generations by making a Legacy Gift to OrKidstra.
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Be recognized for making a positive impact on the community! You can empower kids and build community and reach your community involvement goals by aligning yourself with OrKidstra. We celebrate both local and national businesses that have stepped up, on behalf of OrKidstra, to share their corporate social responsibility.
Invest for Good
When you know that 100% of OrKidstra graduates finish high school and go on to post-secondary education, you truly know that your support is making a difference.
Become A Sponsor
When you partner with OrKidstra, you empower local youth from equity-deserving communities to reach for success through the proven benefits of music education.
OrKidstra made me the person I am today…
OrKidstra graduate Gareth was born in a Karen refugee camp on the border of Burma and Thailand. “A few months after arriving in Canada, I joined OrKidstra: it turned out to be the utmost life changing experience for me,” says Gareth.
OrKidstra made me the person I am today…
Gareth was born in a Karen refugee camp on the border of Burma and Thailand. “A few months after arriving in Canada, I joined OrKidstra: it turned out to be the utmost life changing experience for me,” says Gareth.
Gareth was born in a Karen refugee camp on the border of Burma and Thailand. In his own words…
“I was fortunate enough to be born in a refugee camp (on the border of Burma and Thailand) where my family had relocated because our village was always under attack. My family lived in the refugee camp for about 10-14 years before we moved to Ottawa. A couple months after arriving in Canada, when I was still just learning English, I joined the OrKidstra program: it turned out to be the utmost life changing experience for me.
I love everything about the OrKidstra program: it’s a loving place to be and a place you want to call home. Being a part of OrKidstra has taught me numerous meaningful things about both music and life. OrKidstra has taught me to be a better person, to accomplish what I set out to do, to practice with care, and lastly, to do what I do with love. Every time I pick up the cello, it seems like I can accomplish anything. OrKidstra made me the person I am today.
Today, I am a proud OrKidstra graduate and pursuing my passion for travel by taking Travel Management and Tourism in college. My time at OrKidstra has made this little boy, born in a refugee camp, feel nothing in life is impossible. Thank you so much to the donors and sponsors for making a difference in my life, for giving me this opportunity to fly.”
– Gareth, OrKidstra Graduate (2007 – 2016)
