According to Appleinsider, Apple CEO Tim Cook donated $100000 to help fund the band at his Alabama high school to buy new instruments** The gift to robertsdale high school band was used by Baldwin county public school system to buy 28 new instruments for students. Alabama news media al.com reported that these new instruments include flute, horn and tuba.
"These instruments will improve the level of the whole band and provide instruments for students this year and for many years to come." "Robertsdale is growing every year, which also meets the needs of the band," said chastity Reddick
Cook, who graduated from robertsdale high school in 1978, has a special connection with the school's band project because he has been playing the trombone for several years there.
Baldwin county school district is still raising the remaining $40000 to help the project, but school officials say they are grateful for the gift.
"We are speechless. As we grow, we find ourselves in a situation where we don't have enough instruments to cope with the coming autumn. We have more students than instruments and need $140000 to achieve this goal," Band Conductor LT Hughes said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
This is not the first time cook has supported his alma mater students. As early as 2021, this Apple The CEO of the company launched a scholarship program to provide financial assistance to students who show "courage, creativity, curiosity, scholarship and leadership".