Anderson Children's Foundation

Nellie N Coffman Middle School

Choir Chairs & Uniforms (2019-2020)

"If You Build It, They Will Come" is a project to continue to strengthen the very essence of a solid choral music program-- having the proper chairs, quality uniforms and the music literature itself!

It's comical, but the chairs we currently have are really designed for elementary school-aged students. In fact, some of the students don't "fit" in the chairs because the chairs are too small for some of my 7th and 8th graders. A purchase of 75 ergonomically designed chairs that promote good posture for singing would be a fantastic step toward the ideal scene I'm trying to build. Additionally, we've been singing the same pieces of music, rotating it over and over for the past 6 years! There are only 2 small file drawers of sheet music that have been accumulated during my 6-year tenure.

Out of necessity, classes have to share the music and students are not allowed to take home the music, which is essentially our textbook. We also need quality music folders to store the sheet music that is issued for the use of each student. We currently have ragged, tattered folders. A portable sound system is also a needed piece of equipment so we can continue to promote all the good work that our choral students do. It would be awesome to have our students sing during the lunch hour once a month if we had a portable system.