Music * Arts * Wellness * Joy
Community Rocks!

A Harvard Study has proven that EMBRACING COMMUNITY
helps us live longer and be happier.

The longest running study in history revealed that "Close relationships, more than money or fame are what keep people happy throughout their lives.
Harvard Article Those ties protect people from life's discontents, help delay mental and physical decline and are better predictors of long and happy lives than social class, IQ, or even genes. That finding proved true across the board among both the Harvard men and the inner-city participants.

Community Rocks is a 501c3 Give Back Organization of People helping People, Communities helping Communities

Our MISSION is to Celebrate, Educate and Empower Youth and Communities through Music, Arts, Wellness and Give Back. Partnering with neighbors, businesses and community organizations,
our PURPOSE is to provide creative, active & performing arts education, give-back opportunities and wellness to low-income families with historically under-served youth, high-income families with historically privileged youth and everyone in between.
Our VISION is for all kids, families and folks in every neighborhood to have safe spaces to EXPRESS, create, PERFORM, learn, LAUGH, love, STRENGTHEN, serve and CELEBRATE community because COMMUNITY ROCKS! Dream that on day your own dreams are gonna happen, be someone you want to be, let's work together to Live our Dreams" lyrics from Community Rocks! Kids song "Live our Dreams"

Our REALITY

Our STORY: History & Herstory

Community Rocks Corp was founded out of Studio LuLoo, a creative, performing and healing arts space that welcomed families & folks to express themselves through music, art and yoga. For kids by day, adults by night & teens on the weekends,"LuLoo" hosted classes, camps and open mics for ALL AGES shape-shifting into a cozy, eclectic music venue featuring bands and performers from around the country and different parts of the world. On a mission to make the LuLoo experience accessible to all, friends of LuLoo, under the leadership of Sara O'Brien, founded Community Rocks! Corp.

Georgia ROOTS!
The bricks & mortar that began in South Jersey is rooted down south. The original cause, breast cancer awareness.

One Halloween night in Athens, GA, while a student at the University of Georgia, Sara smothered & covered white flowy fabric with pink ribbons, wore a bright pink wig and LuLoo was born! A musical-magical fairy that existed to bring health & happiness to children and spread breast cancer awareness to all. LuLoo became the BreastFest Fairy. BreastFest, an event founded in 1998 by O'Brien and friends in memory of her mother, Tyanna O'Brien who died of breast cancer at the age of 48. One of five sisters, BreastFest spread up the east coast, hosted by each sister in their states of residence. Together they began the Tyanna Foundation.

Celebrate and Remember—celebrate life, celebrate survivors, and remember those who have died.

Fairy LuLoo has since evolved into a joyful character representing both organizations and is often seen serenading at birthday celebrations🥰

Timeline

LuLoo, Halloween in Athens GA, 1998
Studio LuLoo first opened in November 2006 at 1001 White Horse Pike, now the SoHa Arts Building (CBS News: Sara O'Brien-Studio LuLoo)
In 2008 we moved across the street to 916 White Horse Pike in Oaklyn and simultaneously opened a Studio Luloo Haddonfield, just for kids!
Community Rocks Corp. officially became exempt on June 21, 2010-January 2011
Studio LuLoo, home of Community Rocks made its 4th moved to 215 W. Clinton Avenue, Oaklyn, NJ
June 2016 Community Rocks received a grant from Virtua Foundation to teach music, arts & wellness at Virtua's CASTLE Program in Camden, NJ
Our word went "on tour" to neighboring towns, cities and communities.

Wellness * Arts * Music * Give Back

Community Rocks believes that true wellness is physical, mental, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental and occupational well-being. Our programs reflect this.

When Covid hit, we hit the streets and the outdoors became our classroom. We created our TRACK TEAM was born (we RUN tracks and RECORD tracks). We created free online access to our classes and programs via social media and various online platforms. Fitness Rocks! & Arts moved to parks and playgrounds and Circus in the City was born.

COMMUNITY ROCKS TEAMs: With ukuleles in hand and boxes for drums we skip, flip, run, race, strengthen and stretch, singing, dancing, laughing, learning and channeling good health and wellness. COMMUNITY ROCKS! RAP & RHYME

Community Rocks is creative, active and kind. Opportunities everywhere for everyone to SHINE! We sing, we dance, we work together, WE ROCK! Make a difference in our lives, in the world and on our block.

GIVE BACK: Since 2010, Community Rocks has engaged over 3,500 kids, 1200 teens, 3000 toddlers, 2200 adults, 800 seniors and inspired thousands at events, festivals and school assemblies.

Over the past five years, we’ve distributed 2500 Kids Care Bags containing personal care items, fitness tools and art supplies.

Community Rocks! uses reused, recycled and environmentally-friendly supplies & found objects to create new and fabulous art.

Kids learn how to reduce waste, be creative with limited resources,
respect the earth and use imagination to transform trash to treasure.
For ideas and inspiration, check out our photo album.
RRR Arts & Crafts photo album

Supplies and donations are always accepted & appreciated. Lyrics from the Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! song describe it best when we sing “use old stuff again.”

Official Charity Partner of Athens Twilight
April 21-23, 2023 * Downtown Athens, GA

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GROUP RIDES FOR KIDS!

TRACK TEAM: KIDS RUN TRACKS & RECORD TRACKS

Events Calendar

Upcoming Events

February 2023