South Kingstown Elks Lodge Donates $2K To Broad Rock Middle School's Music Program

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI — Broad Rock Middle School earlier this month received a $2,000 donation from the South Kingstown Elks Lodge for its music mentoring program.

Chris Hiener of the Elks Lodge, a parent whose daughters went through the music program, helped spearhead the donation to the South Kingstown school's program.

"Both of my daughters went through the music program, the music program impacted both of my daughters, and I thought it would be a great thing to do," Hiener said. "We do all kinds of programs for the community, anything that helps students, veterans, anything that will help out the community, and seems like it would be a good thing we like to support that."

School Committee Chair Paula Whitford thanked the Elks Lodge's for its support.

"The School committee and the SKSD would like to thank the group for supporting our students and our district's music program," Whitford said. "We are all very grateful and appreciative of this donation for our music mentoring program at BRMS, where music is everything to many."

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