Blues Ed / Blues in the Schools (BITS)

Blues Ed/BITS is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in the Portland/Vancouver area and is sponsored by the Cascade Blues Association. The program is modeled after nationally recognized "Blues in the Schools" programs offered throughout the United States. With the exception of Native American music forms, the Blues is the first pure American music form to have originated in this country. Coming from the oral traditions of folk music, the blues is the foundation for all other popular music forms that students listen to today.

Do you have an instrument sitting around your house collecting dust? Maybe you had good intentions when you bought it. You were going to take the time to learn to play, but just didn’t couldn’t find that extra time or didn’t have the patience. Well you can bring new life to these instruments by donating them to the Cascade Blues Association. Your gift of a musical instrument in good, working condition will be turned over to the CBA’s Blues Education / Blues In The Schools program where it can be placed into a young student’s hands who otherwise may not be able to afford to purchase one on their own. Just send us an e-mail at cbastaff@cascadeblues.org or leave a message at either the CBA office (503-223-1850) and let us know you have an instrument to donate. Let that instrument do what it was meant to do, make new music and place a smile on a young musician’s face.