Gospel Concert to Benefit A Better Chance Program Tuesday, April 29
The Amherst Area Gospel Choir will perform at a benefit concert for the Amherst ABC program on April 29. Photo: Amherst Area Gospel Choir
Source: A Better Chance, Amherst
Amherst A Better Chance (ABC) program is holding a benefit gospel concert on Tuesday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Avenue. The Amherst Area Gospel Choir, the Amherst Regional High School Hurricane Singers, and the UMass Gospel Choir will be performing.
Before the concert Amherst ABC invites attendees to gather with other ABC community friends and meet the ABC scholars and resident directors Nancita Alejandro and Tem Blessed at a welcome reception from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in the room adjacent to the Grace Church sanctuary. Light refreshments will be served.
A donation of $20 per person is recommended, but all who wish to celebrate the ABC program through gospel music are most welcome. Additional donations are also greatly appreciated. RSVP or donate here.
ABC is a national residential high school program that prepares academically talented and highly motivated African American, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous American students from educationally underserved school districts for college and future leadership roles in the broader community. Since the Amherst program began in 1969, over 130 ABC scholars have graduated from Amherst Regional High School (ARHS), and they have attended more than 50 colleges and universities. Scholars live family-style with the residential directors in a warm supportive environment enriched by daily sessions with Amherst College tutors. ABC board members, community mentors and ARHS faculty and staff also offer guidance and support. ABC scholars forge lasting bonds with local host families through monthly weekend visits and additional enrichment activities.