BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — There was a better-than-expected turnout for the annual Music is Art Instrument Drive.
Staff and volunteers were on hand Saturday afternoon, repairing instruments and giving them back to the community.
"For Music is Art, as an organization, it's important to us that we are making sure that the youth, especially, have the opportunity to learn an instrument and have music involved in their life if that's something that they want," Liz Collsimo of Music is Art said. "Some of these are very valuable and we're really honored to get to put those back in the hands of kids, and some adults, that need an instrument."
The drop-off site was Music is Art headquarters on Franklin Street in Buffalo. Halfway through the event, they had already collected more than 60 instruments.
Since the program started in 2003, Music is Art has put $500,000 worth of instruments back into the community.
