The purpose of Vitamin L’s work is to spread love and goodwill, and to encourage positive character development through music, by uplifting and inspiring young people with messages that are meaningful in their daily lives.

Our goal is that the listeners absorb the lessons of confidence, kindness, persistence, cooperation and forgiveness presented in the songs. Listeners can then weave these concepts into the fabric of their character in ways that help them make positive choices and have healthy relationships with their families, friends, and the world around them. We work to reach and positively influence as many children as possible.

We accomplish our purpose with character building songs written by Jan Nigro. The songs reach children via our four award winning recordings and via live concerts in which Jan is joined onstage by the Vitamin L Chorus, a diverse group of singers, ages 11 - 21. Around 70 area youth take turns performing in Vitamin L concerts year round. Nine youth perform in each concert, and there are between 50 and 70 concerts a year.

Since 1989, Vitamin L has given hundreds of performances at elementary schools, festivals and conferences around the Northeast and beyond.

The CDS are used in schools around the US and abroad. Song topics include empathy, gratitude, tolerance, appreciating diversity, endurance, human rights, friendship and more.

In April, 2007, The Vitamin L Project received a Certificate of Recognition from the governor of New York “for being in the forefront of helping to promote the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by promoting peace in our schools and communities.” The award was given at the 2007 New York State Governor's Dr. King Leadership Symposium on Pathways to Peace in the Classroom and Community in Albany, N.Y.