Guitars not Guns Raffles Two Guitars to Benefit At-Risk Youth in DC Metro Area

Springfield, Virginia - May 22, 2009 -- Guitars not Guns DC National Capitol Area Chapter, a charity organization that provides guitar lessons to at risk youth with qualified teachers has announced that the chapter will hold two guitar raffles to coincide with upcoming music festivals in Virginia.

On June 20, the Columbia Pike Blues Festival will be held in Arlington, Virginia. Saint Blues Guitar Workshop has donated a Mississippi Bluesmaster, valued at $1,200 that will be raffled off. On June 27, the Del Ray Music Festival will be held in Alexandria, Virginia. Brazen Guitars has donated a Brazen Fantasy Standard, valued at $750 that will be raffled off. Tickets for both raffles are available at the event or in advance at the Guitars not Guns, DC National Capital Area Chapter, web site. Winners do not need to be present and the guitar will be shipped to the winner, courtesy of Guitar Affair, anywhere in the United States. Tickets cost $5 each or 3 tickets for $10.

About Guitars not Guns

Guitars not Guns (GnG) is a tax exempt 501 (c) 3 children’s charity; we are not anti-gun; we are anti-gun violence. Nationally we have been serving at-risk and underprivileged youth since 2000. We are a community-based organization that provides these youth a positive alternative to the self-destructive behaviors of substance abuse, truancy, crime, and gangs. Through GnG's guitar programs, students receive beginning and intermediate guitar instruction from experienced teachers. Each student is provided a guitar at the beginning of the course, and students who pass the rigorous test are permitted to keep their guitar.

Contact:

Skip Chaples, Director

skip@guitarsnotguns.org