Last week, Fremont Junior High in East Mesa held their winter concert which included a variety of performances from the choir, orchestra and band. I was impressed with the talent of these students as well as their teachers who have instructed them to continually improve their talents. Recently, the Fremont Falcon Band received national recognition for its performance at the National Wind Band Honors competition. The Falcon Band has been selected to perform in an Honors Concert at the Arizona Music Educators Conference in January.You may be wondering how schools are able to afford things like competitions, travel arrangements, and instruments. Good question.There is a program for contributions to your school and your extra-curricular activity of choice basically for free. It’s called ECA tax credit. If you contribute $200 for single or $400 for jointly filers, you get the exact amount you contributed either refunded or credited on your Arizona State tax return. Activities such as sports, visual and performing arts, field trips, clubs, outdoor education, gifted programs, or classroom enrichment programs can be funded with tax credit money. This tax credit is available to all Arizona individual taxpayers regardless of whether or not they have children in school. 100 percent of your donation goes directly to the schools for extracurricular activities that benefit students by enriching campus life and learning. For more information, contact your local school. Investing in our students is an investment in our community. Many Mesa thanks!
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