The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation donates new and refurbished musical instruments to under-served schools, community music programs and individual students nationwide. The grants are an effort to give youngsters the many benefits of music education and help them to be better students and inspire creativity and expression through playing music.

The organization was inspired by the 1995 motion picture, "Mr. Holland's Opus," and founded by Michael Kamen, who composed the music for the movie and many others. In the past 12 years, new and refurbished instruments with a value of approximately $10 million have been donated to 1,025 school and community music programs across the country.

For more information, go to www.mhopus.org.