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Vocal Supporters — The Kind 50

something to sing about

Emo covers, lip-syncs, and
children’s songs may not have
much in common. But for
Jeremiah Shumaker, Jerry
Turner, and Beavan Zulu,
they’re all ways to use music to
help others.

Four people pose with their thumbs up around an older man in a hospital room.
A bearded man in glasses and a bee costume cups his hands to his mouth to shout.
A man in an apple costume and white sunglasses swings a yellow tambourine overhead.
Beavan’s grandfather, in a brown hat and leather jacket, with two boys in denim jackets in front of a blue studio backdrop.

$10k+ in a day, $50k+ in a week

When Beavan’s grandfather needed
lifesaving heart surgery, Beavan started
posting emo covers to help raise money
through GoFundMe.

Beavan, a bald man with a beard and round glasses, in a blue T-shirt, rests his head on one hand and looks at the camera in his kitchen under the captions “Day 2 of Emo Covers for my Grandpa’s Heart Surgery” and “Thank you all so much. Let’s keep this thang going”.

His rendition of “Unwritten” went
viral—and donations quickly followed.

I hope your grandfather gets well soon. Wishing the best for you and your family! I understand how hard this must be on you but I just want you to know everything is going to be okay!
57
Sending good vibes! I hope we get this out to hit your goal 🥰 🥺🫶
79
I’m so glad that you were able to raise the money for your grandpa ❤️❤️
21.8k
Jeremiah, in a blue quarter-zip and clear glasses, sits at a dark table with a mug under a crocheted burger hat.

Jeremiah also turned to music
when someone he loved
needed help. He first posted
daily lip-sync videos to pay
off his wife’s college debt.

A video thumbnail: Jeremiah sings into a microphone beside a smiling woman, under the title “Paying off my wife’s college debt in secret”.
Jeremiah, a bald bearded man in a black henley and glasses, grins at the camera under the caption “Day 3 of lip syncing behind my wife’s back to pay off her college debt”.

another reason to sing

When his friend Skylar faced mounting medical debt after a
car accident, he started a GoFundMe for her and brought the
daily videos back to help raise money.

A performer in a long red wig, a tiara and a pink top, lit in purple.
A performer in a red pepper costume, black cap and rhinestone sunglasses sings into a handheld microphone.

After seeing the impact
music had on the children
with developmental
disabilities Jerry worked with,
he launched Jahri’s World.

The performer in his red pepper costume, a cap on, bends over a picture card with a microphone at his mouth, under a caption about his free music for underprivileged children and children with autism.

“music brings everybody together”

The performer in his red pepper costume rests his chin on his fist beside a small child in a pepper costume.
The performer in his red costume and a cap points at the camera.

He writes and performs autism-friendly songs that help
children learn academic and social skills, with melodies in the
styles of pop and hip-hop.

The performer in his red pepper costume sings as a child dances and a toddler plays a tambourine, under the caption “Days Of The Week”.

He even started a GoFundMe to expand
his mission, with hopes of creating an
educational TV series, touring the US,
and hosting more free community
events.

The performer in his red pepper costume hands a microphone to a boy in a green hoodie in a community hall.Help Jahri’s World Create more content, Start Tour$31,705 raised

Make some noise

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