Matchbox 20's Katrina Donation

01-06-2006 15:01

Matchbox 20 Donate Money To Hurricane Katrina ReliefSinger Rob Thomas and his band Matchbox Twenty have donated $200,000 (£111,000) to raise money for music education programs in areas affected by last summer's (AUG05) Hurricane Katrina.The money will be used to boost a new program reviving music education in US Gulf Coast high schools that closed or were disrupted by the hurricane. The program aims to replace instruments, develop a music curriculum, hire musicians and make private lessons available for students.Thomas said in a statement that hiring music instructors was the most important step to help "groom generations of musicians who are so vital to rebuilding New Orleans, it's infrastructure and its culture."