 glendale pawn and ear candy charity partner ear candy charity and glendale pawn jewelry to host instrument drive donations to benefit valley schools and community partners phoenix az july 9 2010 ear candy charity and glendale pawn jewelry have partnered to gather greatlyв needed musical instruments for valley children from july 22 to july 25 glendale pawn jewelry will be hosting an instrument drive with the hopes of collecting in excess of 100 instruments to be used by school children across the valley due to severe budget cuts and incredibly low perpupil spending throughout arizona many valley schools are being forced to decrease or cancel their music programs the musical instruments collected during the three day event will be placed with area schools of need every instrument will be tracked and the original donor will be notified as to where their instrument is making an impact additionally anyone who donates a gently used instrument during the event will receive a free 1000 gift card to streets of new york restaurants as a gesture of thanks from both organizations it is so disappointing to know that arizona is 49th out of 50 in perв вђђpupil spending says stan grossman owner of glendale pawn jewelry music education and enrichment is vital to the valley s students and we re grateful to be able to partner with this worthy cause glendale pawn jewelry will also be donating a number of instruments from their personal collection the shop will look to social media outlets such as twitter and facebook to help promote the event for every 10 new facebook fans the store receives on their facebook page they will donate one instrument to ear candy charity the harsh reality is that many of the music programs being cut from schools will not be coming back anytime soon says nate anderson founder president of ear candy charity half the solution to our current and growing music education problem is collecting dust in people s closets gently used instruments can be dropped of at glendale pawn and jewelry which is located at 6548 n 59th avenue glendale arizona 85301 for more information about this event or how to donate please visit glendale pawn jewelry online at wwwarizonapawnshopscom  glendale pawn jewelry can be found on facebook at http wwwfacebookcom glendalepawn and twitter at glendalepawn about glendale pawn and jewelry glendale pawn jewelry is a familyowned and operated business that has been in the valley for more than 25 years we specialize in the buying and selling a wide range of gold platinum and silver jewelry firearms musical instruments and electronics our main goal is treat each customer like the only customer and provide everyone that walks through our doors with the best possible pawn shop experience glendale pawn jewelry is located at 6548 n 59th avenue glendale arizona 85301 for more information on our products and services please visit us at wwwarizonapawnshopscom about ear candy charity ear candy charity is based in phoenix az and is devoted to providing children access to music education we fulfill our mission by supporting in school programs through instrument donations creating afterschool programs with community partners like boys girls clubs and providing beyond the classroom experience to give a holistic view of music education ear candy will impact well over 10000 youth in the arizona in 2010 while actively expanding their sustainable community driven model in other areas of the country for the latest updates please visit  wwwearcandycharityorg pawn shops pawn brokers pawn shops online jewelry pawn shop az pawn shops arizona pawn pawn shop arizona ear candy charity and glendale pawn jewelry to host instrument drive donations to benefit valley schools and community partners phoenix az july 9 2010 ear candy charity and glendale pawn jewelry have partnered to gather greatlyв needed musical instruments for valley children 