Advocacy and Awareness
Our team of young leaders are active in our communities raising awareness and funds to help bring the MFEC program to more students. Check out some of our initiatives and amazing supporters below.
Music for Every Child in the News
Our Toronto profiles Music for Every Child
CBC
Our Toronto with Shannon Martin gives an overview of Music for Every Child with a look at where we started and our goals for the future! Hear what educators and music therapists have to say about MFEC and see our fundraising in action in this special CBC feature.
Music for Every Child featured on The Good Stuff with Mary Berg
CTV
Mary Berg talks with Samantha Jung, the 15-year-old student about how she launched Music for Every Child to raise funds to hire music therapists in schools across Ontario to help kids with special needs struggling to reach their academic goals.
Our Story with the Family Channel
Family Channel depicts how we work as a community to give back to those in need. Discover our passions and how we work together to make differences.
Global News features Music For Every Child
Learn from Suzan Hay about the impact we make for the brilliant children at Kingslake Public School. Thank you to Shine Music Therapy and all the wonderful staff at Kingslake for making this possible!
OMNI News interviews Natalie Kwan (Cantonese)
OMNI News
Our Executive Director, Natalie Kwan, recounts her journey as an international student from Hong Kong adjusting to life in Canada. She shares how she adapted quickly, along with the transformative experience and friendships that led to the creation of Music For Every Child.
15-year-old provincial gymnast champion already giving back with music therapy program
CityNews (AM 680)
Mississauga’s Samantha Fung is an extraordinary 15-year-old. She’s a level 10 gymnast who’s won multiple provincial titles but she also wanted to give back during COVID. READ MORE
Share the Smile with Samantha Fung
Peel District Schoolboard
Being in high school is never easy, but Grade 10 student, Samantha Fung, of Mississauga Secondary School has figured out how to use her passions to progress in her academics and beyond. READ MORE
Why this teen is bringing music therapy to schools in Ontario
CBC Kids
Music therapy hit all the right notes for Samantha Fung when she found it could help kids with special needs who were struggling to reach their academic goals. The teen launched a charity called Music For Every Child, which raises funds to hire music therapists. READ MORE
Mississauga teen wins international social justice award
Toronto.com
The grades six to eight, developmentally delayed kids at Brookview Middle School in Toronto were the inspiration for Samantha Fung and her charity, Music For Every Child. “At the beginning, students would be, like, kind of nervous and shy, and then the end of the year they’d be a lot more confident and even get up in the middle of the class and start dancing,” said the 14-year-old from Mississauga. READ MORE
Ontario student making a difference for youth with disabilities
Global Heroes
For 15 year old Samantha Fung, the disruptions to education from the pandemic went so much deeper. When she considered how hard adjusting to online learning was for herself, she then realized it would be nearly impossible for the students at her Mississauga, Ont. school with disabilities to learn online. READ MORE
Look who we’ve met
Our advocacy work in communities around the GTA has given us the opportunity to meet and receive recognition from many fantastic municipal, provincial and federal leaders.
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
Mayor Bonnie Crombie
City of Mississauga
The Honourable Melanie Joly
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ontario MPP Logan Kanapathi
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
MP Iqra Khalid
Chair, Justice and Human Rights
MP Sonia Sidhu Vice
Chair, Status of Women
Mayor David West
with Councillor Castro Liu, City of Richmond Hill
Minister Responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ont
Raising Awareness at Mississauga City Call
Who do we help, and how?
Our Youth Club plans, organizes and executes fundraising campaigns and events throughout the year to benefit schools in need. Here are some examples:
Get involved
Contact us if you would like to learn more, volunteer or partner with us.