Choir program launched by Brock prof making music accessible to kids
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Children and parents from the Tomorrow’s Voices choir pose with musician Dallas Smith during a sound check before his concert at the Meridian Centre recently.
When Associate Professor of Marketing Todd Green launched Choir Nation last year, he wanted the for-profit enterprise to have a social component. The answer was Tomorrow’s Voices, a choir composed of 35 kids between seven and 17 who have been recruited from Niagara groups such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Community Care and the DSBN Academy. Tomorrow’s Voices aims to open the doors to music and choir to all kids – regardless of what social issues they might be dealing with. “Our slogan is kids should be heard,” Green said. Recently, they sang with Serena Ryder during the Juno awards and sang the national anthem at a Toronto Marlies game.
Brock students support North American Indigenous Games A highly skilled team of Brock student volunteers stepped into leadership roles at the Toronto 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG). More than 50 Brock students, including Hannah Davenhill and Brenda Wardhaugh (right) volunteered for course credit as the result of a unique partnership between the Toronto NAIG and Brock’s Major Games Field Course, led by Department of Sport Management, Associate Professor, Laura Cousens.
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Brock and Meridian team up to help others with Badgers Care Meridian, Ontario’s largest credit union, is joining Badgers Care as a community partner. Established in 2015, the Badgers Care program encourages Brock varsity teams, coaches and student-athletes to be good citizens through outreach, leadership and volunteerism. The unique program co-ordinated through Brock Sports is beneficial to the Niagara community, as well as everyone involved from Brock. Wade Stayzer, Meridian Vice-President, Retail said the relationship is a natural fit since both Brock and Meridian have a long history of collaborating to help build stronger communities. brocku.ca/brock-news/2018/01/brock-meridian-team-up-to-helpothers-with-badgers-care/