CHULA VISTA – Dianna Woodley, founder of Angel Harps, recently announced the award recipients for 2009.
Two specially designed lap harps were awarded to the Special Education Department of Chula Vista High School and to the Chula Vista School for Creative & Performing Arts & Mariachi Chula Vista.
Mr. George Ohnesorgen, the principal of Chula Vista High School, accepted the Angel Harp on behalf of the 175 students in the Special Education Department and for the Chula Vista School for Creative & Performing Arts and Mariachi Chula Vista.
Chula Vista High is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District which is one of the nation’s fastest-growing school districts according to the New York Times.
In the past, Angel Harps has only awarded one harp per year. However, Angel Harps received an additional harp donation from Julie Marsha who found the non-profit group while researching healing harp music therapy on the Internet.
Founded in 2003, Angel Harps is a 501.C3 non-profit organization whose proceeds go to provide healing harps for children with disabilities.
Started on a shoe-string, and catalyzed by Woodley’s own personal healing journey, today Angel harps has changed the lives of hundreds of children with disabilities by providing them with harps to assist in their healing process.
The Angel Harps mission is to provide physically and emotionally challenged individuals with the opportunity to heal through harp therapy--and to promote the health and strength of a community by addressing the physical and emotional needs of the less fortunate in low income areas.
Mark your calendars for Angel Harp’s next benefit concert scheduled for May 16, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church located at 760 First Avenue in Chula Vista, California.
To discover how you can help support the Angel Harp’s mission and enrich the lives of special needs children, or for more information on the 2009 harp recipients, visit AngelHarps.Org or contact Angel Harps at 619-518-6160.
