An African proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Similarly, it takes a community to educate them. It takes teachers and parents, as well as volunteers and businesses to come together when the community needs them to, to support our educators in being able to give everything they can to their students. This is exactly what our ‘village’ did.

Music, community, flour and fate all came together on the night of February 15^th to support a worthy cause; education and kids. The Music Education Foundation does exactly what its name suggests. They’re a parent and volunteer run booster organization that work alongside District 41 to enrich everything related to musical education and youth.

This year, an MEF parent-volunteer came in to new restaurant flour + wine with a humble aim of garnering a small percentage of one night’s revenue for their annual fundraiser. MEF uses these funds throughout the rest of the year to support and assist anything related to music education. When MEF parent-volunteer, Abbey Leffel, spoke to Michael Vai of flour + wine, she changed the shape of MEF forever. What she didn’t know is that Michael has a talented, and famous, rocker brother who would soon be Read More