Panelists include: Oscar winner and DreamWorks animator Ken Museth, Joey Teran, Visual Effects Engineer of the blockbuster movie Frozen.

On April 23, 2015, fifty-eight students from Inglewood Middle Charter Academy gathered for Non-profit organization, Choice Group Inc.’s (CGI) 2015 Inaugural 3D Art Summit. This occasion, set in the beautifully sculpted Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles California brought CGI and its partner ICEF together to stimulate and inspire the minds of its youth. As a part of Choice Group’s partnership with ICEF, Inglewood Middle Academy students are enrolled in Choice Group’s 3D Game Design Program. Placing emphasis on STEM & New Media Arts education in underserved communities afforded a great treat for these students.

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Non-profit organization, Choice Group Inc. (CGI), marks its second annual gala with an intimate evening of celebrations, exhibitions and performances on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 at the Annenberg Community Beach House (415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402) at 6:30 PM. This year’s gala will showcase music, artwork and performances of Choice Group kids in the Los Angeles area along with special performances by award-winning recording duo and CGI Board Members, Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary and Los Angeles-based singer Akelee and Shanice. CGI, which is dedicated to providing quality new media arts after-school programs for inner city and foster youth, will recognize and honor Emmy-Nominated Tonight Show Musical Director Rickey Minor, who will receive the 2013 Choice Group Impact Award for his dedication to support and promote economic, educational and social opportunities for under-served. The theme of the evening and overall message of CGI is “Dream Big, Raise More to Do More” which also happens to be the single that will be released by Choice Group exclusively on iTunes on Oct. 24, 2013.

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EMMY-NOMINATED TONIGHT SHOW MUSICAL DIRECTOR RICKEY MINOR TO BE HONORED BY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO CELEBRATE HIS EFFORTS IN ART AND MUSIC EDUCATION

EVENING WILL FEATURE SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING RECORDING ARTISTS MARY MARY, SINGER SHANICE AND CHOICE GROUP INC. YOUTH

SANTA MONICA, CA, OCTOBER 3, 2024 – Non-profit organization, Choice Group Inc. (CGI), marks its second annual gala with an intimate evening of celebrations, exhibitions and performances on Thursday, October 24 at the Annenberg Community Beach House (415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402) at 6:30 PM. This year’s gala will showcase music, artwork and performances of Choice Group kids in the Los Angeles area along with special performances by award-winning recording duo and CGI Board Members, Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary and Los Angeles-based singer Akelee. CGI, which is dedicated to providing quality new media arts after-school programs for inner city and foster youth, will recognize and honor Emmy-Nominated Tonight Show Musical Director Rickey Minor, who will receive the 2013 Choice Group Impact Award for his dedication to support and promote economic, educational and social opportunities for under-served. The theme of the evening and overall message of CGI is “Dream Big, Raise More to Do More” which also happens to be the single that will be released by Choice Group exclusively on iTunes on October 24, 2013.

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The non-profit organization Choice Group Inc. will also host the evening with performances from Mary Mary and singer Akelee.

Nonprofit organization Choice Group Inc. will host its second annual Dream Big gala at Annenberg Community Beach House on Oct. 24, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The evening will honor Emmy-nominated Tonight Show musical director Rickey Minor, who will receive the 2013 Choice Group Impact Award for his dedication to support and promote opportunities for inner-city youth.

“I’m thrilled to be a part of Choice Group because they fill an important need for our youth by sustaining music education, and more broadly, arts education,” Minor said in a statement.

Along with music and art by Choice Group kids in the L.A. area, the fundraising event will also feature special performances by Grammy-award winning recording duo and CGI board members, Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary, and L.A.-based singer Akelee.

Choice Group Inc.’s gala will help raise funds to provide at-risk and foster youth with a safe environment that promotes music and art-related programs. .

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Shaping Inner-City Children into Products of Their Dreams, Not Environments.

Kids who are at-risk are kids who are underexposed. That’s the idea of the nonprofit Choice Group Inc. (CGI) who serves children living in South Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Choice Group gives children resources to music, technology and preparation for any career a child would want to pursue. The nonprofit had their first ever-fundraising gala at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica in December 2012 to celebrate hitting their five-year mark. This mark celebrated an upward progression for the nonprofit.

That progression can be attributed to the persistence, passion and determination of Choice Group’s founder, Dana Hammond over those 5 years that made the mission of the nonprofit become reality.

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In 2011 Choice Group conducted a ten-week summer pilot program that was a huge success for their beginner drum/percussion musicians. Participating youth were from ages 5-12 years old. They taught them how to play drums and percussion instruments and they learned how to play with a twelve-member drum ensemble.

Through their collaboration with the Youth, Arts, Media festival (YAM); their young musicians performed for the first time… in front of an audience of 500 people!

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…The two instructors from Operation Hope left the session with a greater appreciation for the work of both of Dana and Roy, the two main staff members of Choice Group Inc., and the work of HOPE Corps volunteers. Teaching Banking on Our Future means bringing very diverse groups of people together to share experiences and work collaboratively for the future of at-risk children. This means that volunteers have to be conscious of differences and open to the contributions of individuals with different perspectives – particularly two well-seasoned instructors with experiences growing up in foster care.

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PACE Newspaper featured Choice Group as the Drum/Percussion musicians performed at the West Angeles Community Development Corporation Unity Awards Fundraiser event.

“The Los Angeles Sentinel featured Choice Group participants as they were showcased at the Annual West Angeles Community Development Corporation Unity Awards fundraiser event”.