AXS TV and Paul Bunyan Communications announced today that Red Lake Elementary School was selected to receive a $2,000 grant as part of “AXS TV’s Band Together For Music Education”—an initiative connecting AXS TV with affiliates, local communities, and schools to support vital music education programs and the benefits they provide students. The award was presented by Paul Bunyan Communications Board of Director Glenda Martin on November 15.
Red Lake Elementary serves over 600 children from Early Childhood through 5th grade. Students in Pre-K through 2nd grade receive music instruction/class every other day. Currently 3-5th grade students do not have musical instruction and this grant will go towards providing digital music activities for those students.
“We’re excited that AXS TV selected Red Lake Elementary School for this ‘Band Together for Music Education’ grant. Our cooperative has a long history of supporting music and the arts in the communities we serve and have proudly offered AXS TV to all of our PBTV HD customers for many years, “said Brian Bissonette, Paul Bunyan Communications Marketing Supervisor
“Music education is such an important part of childhood development, with benefits that have been proven to stay with young people throughout their lives,” said Anthony Cicione, President of Entertainment, Anthem Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns AXS TV. “AXS TV is proud to join forces with Paul Bunyan Communications to award this grant to Red Lake Elementary through our ‘Band Together ‘initiative, and we are glad to know that it will be useful to them in helping to open up the music program for all of their students to enjoy.”