‘Feel Good Tour' collecting instruments for NC families affected by Hurricane Helene
This year the Feel Good Tour is celebrating 20 years of connecting those who can't afford to buy instruments with completely free ones, especially children.
'There must be hundreds of instruments sitting in a closet not being used. Nowadays, with the economy, parents can't afford it,' said Bill Hudson, one of the co-founders of the Feel Good Tour, 'Our payback is, and you can go to our facebook page, and see all the pictures of all the smiles and all those kids. That's why we do it.'
Habitat for Humanity's 10th Feel Good Tour with Music for Christmas in Roanoke
Bill Hudson, one of the founders, says as a songwriter and musician, he knows the job that music plays in all our lives.
'Music definitely is like therapy, maybe for a lot of people. And it doesn't matter what your politics are or if you're rich or poor, it doesn't matter. Music has no borders, so it heals and we know that. And how important that is. We hear that a lot from parents,' said Hudson.
The Feel Good Tour will be packing its 25-foot-long trailer filled with instruments on Monday, March 3rd at the Habitat for Humanity on Melrose in Roanoke. If you have any instruments you don't use, even if they're damaged, the group will take it, all year round, just say it's for the tour.
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