BAE is turning 5!

It’s our 5th Birthday! Can you believe it has been 5 years since we sent our first music fellow to the Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project in India? Thousands of hours of dance, music, visual art, theater classes later, we have impacted the lives hundreds of children from some of the most underserved and underfunded communities around the world, advocated for and provided access to a complete education - one that includes the arts, and built a growing family of donors, Broadway Ambassadors, and volunteers that has kept us thriving through budget cuts and global disasters. In these past five years, we have also lost some special members of our BAE family, including our founding investor, Joseph Dionne. We are honored to continue his legacy into the next 5 years and beyond, using arts education to open doors to a better tomorrow - whether that tomorrow be on a stage or not.

To celebrate, we invite you, our family of supporters, to chip in either $5, $50, $500, or $5000 to honor our past, and pave the way for more success in the years to come. Keep an eye out on our social media and websites for highlights from the last 5 years - it has been an amazing ride!

Also, keep your eye on your caller ID - we have made it our mission to reach out to each one of you this September, and we look forward to the opportunity to say thank you individually. Who knows - maybe we’ll even send a handwritten note? With stickers? OK...maybe now we're over promising: it’s the gratitude talking!

With love,

Ben and Katy