The creative fundraising mother

Alma Schneider, a social worker and sometime singer/songwriter, was longing to connect with her musical past and the outcome was Parents Who Rock, a fundraising organization based in New Jersey. (Peter Yang/FamilyFun Magazine/MCT)

This US mother inspires other parents with projects that tap into their creativity.

PARENTS Who Rock, a fundraising organisation based in New Jersey, United States, was more or less a side effect of Alma Schneider’s longing to connect with her musical past. You know how it is: one day, you’re this interesting, creative young person, then you get bogged down in adulthood, in raising kids, and you wonder whatever happened to your sparkle. At least Alma, a social worker and sometime singer/songwriter, did.