Donate to Parents Who Rock

Parents Who Rock support many charitable causes with the monies raised from their events. Here are some of the causes which we have raised funds for and supported in the past:

• Tsunami Relief
  
  
• Mountainside Breast Cancer Education Center
  
  
• Montclair Rape Crisis
  
  
• Volunteer Lawyers for Justice
  
  
• The Developmental Learning Center in Montclair
  
  
• Hole In The Wall Gang

We encourage you to contact any of these centers to learn more about
their work or to lend them your support. If you would like to help
Parents Who Rock, you may contact us directly at:

alma@parentswhorock.com

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Featured Charity - The Developmental Learning Center

The Developmental Learning Center (DLC) is a public school program for preschool students with special needs. Operated by the Montclair Board of Education, the DLC services students who reside in the township of Montclair. The DLC’s mission is to provide a quality early childhood education to preschool students who have been identified with a disability in an area of functioning such as communication, social emotional skills, gross motor development or cognitive abilities. Students who diagnosed with a developmental disability such as autism can also receive services at the DLC. The DLC is unique due to the team of professionals who our available to the students and families in the program. Speech language therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists as well as a Child Study Team comprised of a psychologist, learning consultant and social worker work with the students and families at the DLC. Often times, services are provided in a multidisciplinary team, which promotes generalization of skills and reinforces the continuity of services. The DLC is committed to the growth of all of our students.


In the spring of 2007, the PWR held a concert at the Commonwealth Club for the DLC. The music, food and atmosphere of the concert were spectacular. The event raised a significant amount of money for the DLC, as well as awareness about our program. The funds raised at the event have allowed us to expand our services to students. First, we were able to offer a program called “Therapeutic Listening” to many families at the DLC. Therapeutic Listening is an evidence-backed protocol that combines a sound-based intervention with sensory integrative activities to create a comprehensive program that is effective for students with sensory challenges. Therapeutic Listening can impact sensory modulation, attention, behavior, postural organization, and speech and language difficulties. We have also expanded our professional development services this year for our teachers as well as parent training for our parents with children with autism. Lastly, our hardworking dedicated teachers were able to enhance their classrooms thanks to the money from the PWR concert. Our entire staff is forever grateful for the amazing contribution that the PWR has made to the DLC.

Nicole Fried, Psy.D., DLC Supervisor

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About Parents Who Rock

Parents Who Rock is an association of musicians based in Montclair, NJ, who contribute their time and talents to benefit local not-for-profit organizations. Over the past three years, fundraising events featuring the solo artists, combos, and bands of PWR have supported the Mountainside Hospital Breast Cancer Education Center, the Montclair Rape Crisis Center, and the Montclair Public Schools Developmental Learning Center (DLC), among others.

Board of Directors:

• Alma Schneider, Founder
  
  
• Brian Saltzman, Secretary and Treasurer
  
  
• Leslie Kunkin, Director

If you would like to participate in, sponsor or attend Parents Who Rock activities, please contact Alma Schneider, alma@parentswhorock.com.

The new CD, “Go Play Outside,” was recorded primarily at the PWR Fall Kickoff, in the Schneider-Saltzman backyard on the gorgeous afternoon of Sept. 8, 2007.

Proceeds from CD sales help fund Montclair’s All Children’s Playground, an outdoor space with universal access, currently scheduled to open in 2008 at Edgemont Park. For more information about the playground, contact Lily Vakili at livakili@verizon.net.

A special thank you to O'Melveny and Meyers Law Firm for helping us become an LLC and an official Non-Profit Organization.

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Alma Schneider

In 2005 Alma combined her love of music and background in community organizing to found Parents Who Rock, in order to help parents re-connect with their musical past through organized performances for charity.

Prior to that, Alma worked as a Social Worker in a New York City settlement house, and in private practice as a therapist. Alma holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, and a Masters Degree in Social Work from Hunter College.

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Brian Saltzman

Brian has twenty years of business experience with a focus on sales and marketing, and currently works in the sales performance consulting field, advising major corporations on sales strategy and skill development.

Brian holds a Bachelors Degree in International Politics from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Leslie Kunkin

Leslie received her Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts from Brooklyn College and a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School. She worked as an attorney in Manhattan, specializing in medical malpractice litigation, prior to taking on the full time job of raising her daughter.

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James Feinberg

James Feinberg was born on November 12, 1997 in New York City. He now lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his parents and little sister, Lily, and goes to Hillside School.

He is currently the President of the Kids' Division of Parents Who Rock, a Montclair musical organization, and the writer and creator of the column Grandkid's Eye View in 50+ Senior News. He enjoys reading, writing, the Internet, cooking and skiing.

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