On May 29, Songs of Love held a benefit concert at B.B. King's Blues' Club in New York City featuring Matt Cusson, Javier and Billy Porter. During the concert the audience members helped finish a "song of love" for Britney Vargas who is battling a kidney ailment. This marked the 19,000th "song of love" and made a wonderful girl very happy.
On July 11, we recorded a "song of love" at the Montgomery Gentry concert in Altamont, New York, held by WGNA Country Fest. The song, for Zachery DeLoach, was written and performed by Montgomery Gentry keyboardist Eddie Kilgallon, and a greeting was added on to the song by the brothers Gentry.
Another fundraising event was held in Jacksonville, Florida, hosted by Susanne Hodge, Music Messenger, and the Orange Blossom Country Music Association Singers. They helped perform a song written by John Beltzer for 3-year-old Kinsey Tumlin, and also presented songs written by Mike & Netha Schrimpf to Shawn Shortridge (14), and to Samantha Fross (5) written by William Sherry.
By late October or early November, we are on track to reach our 20,000th Song of Love! Planning is still underway for how we will celebrate this milestone, and which special child will receive the song! Keep an eye out for any updates on this event!
This quarter, songwriters of love Tim Bongiovanni and Rick Tell both reached their 100th "songs of love." We wish to thank them for their hard work and dedication, and look forward to many, many more.
We have also welcomed Eric Vinson, Jeremi Morris and Danny Smith to our songwriting team, all from the Nashville area of Tennessee. We are honored to have them writing for us, as they will surely be bringing many smiles to children everywhere.
We are also still accepting car donations through our
Children Are Receiving Songs (CARS) Program.
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