2025 Children Helping Children Performathon

Benefit for Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC®)

COORDINATORS: SUZANNE LEHRER, BETTY STOLOFF, RENAE BLOCK (njmtaperformathon@gmail.com)

Dear Performathon Families, Teachers, and Students,
The total amount raised for the 2025 NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon was $13,260.00!
Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,
The NJMTA Performathon Committee
Suzanne Lehrer, Betty Stoloff, and Renae Block

The NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon (CHCP) is an opportunity for students of all levels and ages to perform for both artistic enrichment and community service.

This year we celebrate the 19th year of the NJMTA Performathon!

This year, we raised funds for the three Ronald McDonald Houses in New Jersey. For those of you who may not be familiar with Ronald McDonald Houses, they are houses that are attached to a local children’s hospital. They provide a “home away from home” for countless families in need of a place to eat and sleep while a child is undergoing intensive treatment at the local hospital.

To date, the NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon has raised over $200,000! Recitals are free and open to the public.

Students are encouraged (not required) to submit a poem, a drawing, an essay, a collage or a painting to reflect on the title “What Music Means to Me.” In addition, this written or visual companion work could be related to any piece of music.

DATES and LOCATIONS: Saturday and Sunday, March 1 & March 2, 2025
Steinway & Sons -Princeton
The Arts Council of Princeton

HOW to ENTER: Sign up form will be made available

RECITAL FORMAT: All recitals will be about 1 hour, with 45 minutes of music and 15 minutes of set-up, awards and photos.

FEE: There is no Registration fee.
Students collect donations for any of the 3 Ronald McDonald Houses in New Jersey.

SUGGESTED MINIMUM COLLECTION: $65 PER STUDENT

TO DONATE: please select “NJMTA Performathon” on the drop down menu

DONATE

Teachers, we need your help. Please plan to help out at the recitals.

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC®), a non-profit, 501 ©(3), creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well being of children. RMHC fulfills its mission by creating programs that address targeted needs, and by supporting these programs through its global network of local Chapters in 51 countries and regions. RMHC Chapters are run by boards comprised of members of the local medical community, business and civic leaders, parents/volunteers, and McDonald’s representatives.

By participating in any NJMTA event, parents give permission to the New Jersey Music Teachers Association(NJMTA) to use photographs or videos of your child taken by NJMTA representative, with appropriate captions, in NJMTA publications, on the NJMTA website, social media and/or in the local newspapers. If you do not wish NJMTA to use your child’s photos/videos in any way, kindly notify the chairperson of the event in which your child is participating.

We want to thank all the student musicians, artists and their parents whose time and efforts made the 2024 NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon (CHCP) a huge success again this year!

For six years in a row, the New Jersey Music Teachers Association has sponsored this event — raising money for HomeFront's children's program, “Joy, Hopes & Dreams,” which provides after-school, weekend and summer activities and experiences for low-income and homeless children, from tutoring for school work to experiences with music, art, theater and sports.

“Thank you for helping local children in need!
Your amazing work with the students who performed in the NJMTA “Performathon” recital resulted in many wonderful donations that will go directly to HomeFront’s Joy, Hopes and Dreams program.
These thoughtful donations will help fund programming that provides over 400 kids with weekly tutoring, field trips, sports, fitness programs, art classes, life skills training and leadership coaching. As you know, great futures become possible when our youth are allowed to thrive in a supportive situation.
Our congratulations to you for what I am sure was a difficult task teaching the students in such a difficult environment. We know your efforts not only enriched your students’ lives, but will also help so many of the children we serve every day.

With my sincere gratitude,
Connie, HomeFront
(At least 90% of every donated dollar goes directly to client services.)”