The Employees of Joseph's Classic Market Sing the 22,000th "Song of Love" for Mariah!

Mariah is all smiles as she holds her very own "song of love".


The employees of Joseph's Classic Market in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, took a moment to lend their voices on a "song of love" written for Mariah Walton who is battling leukemia. It was the 22,000th "song of love" written by the Songs of Love Foundation. Mariah was all smiles when she heard her song and then received her copy. (Listen to the song below.) Joseph's Classic Market is holding an in-store fundraising drive and was presented with the initial check for $1,000. Songs of Love is grateful to Joseph Acierno, the proprietor of Joseph's Classic market and to Songs of Love songwriter/chiropractor Mitch Siegal for helping to coordinate the event.

"Mariah Walton"








Some of the employees of Joseph's Classic Market who sang on Mariah's "song of love".




(Pictured left to right): Proprietor Joseph Acierno, Mitch Siegal, John Beltzer and Joseph's Classic Market store manager Dominick Cassenelli.

Letter of the Day

Happy Monday!
We received yet another amazing letter from a song recipient. This absolutely illustrates the positive and palpable impact of the songs we do on these children's lives. Your car donation and cash contributions have really made the difference. We're so pleased to be able to share this with you today. Enjoy!


Hello,

I am writing for two reasons. First, to express my appreciation for your organization. I have promoted you on Brianna's caringbridge site, my Facebook page, my personal blog, and personally to every one of my friends, family members, and co-workers. What you guys are doing is absolutely phenomenal!

During the first week of July 2009, my granddaughter Brianna received her song from Songs Of Love. We love, love, love it! And, Brianna - who is now 4 years old - loves it too. Brianna is severely disabled (can't sit, stand, crawl, walk, talk, etc). She has multiple diagnoses including brain cancer, severe CP, seizure disorder, hydrocephalus, blindness, gastronomy, and tracheomalacia. However, despite Brianna's disabilities, we've always known that she DOES understand some things.

Brianna was hospitalized for one month in December 09 and January 10 when she got her trachestomy. There were several complications and a lot of pain for Brianna. During this extremely stressful time, when we often felt completely helpless, we played or sang Brianna's Song to our sweet little girl. The nurses were amazed that almost every time we'd sing the song, if Brianna was distressed, agitated, or in pain, half-way through the song, her heart rate would regulate and she would visibly calm down.

More proof that Brianna loves her song (and somehow knows it's HER song):

Several months ago, Brianna's vision therapist introduced her to using a switch device. The hope is that one day she will be able to graduate from this to other communicative devices. As of now, she has learned to operate the switch on command to turn on a fan, a little music toy, and - most recently - an MP3 player that has her song on it along with other songs as well. She will switch through many of the songs but will always stop at Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, at BINGO the Dog, and at Brianna's Song. Brianna's Song from Songs of Love is most definitely her favorite!

My second reason for writing is to ask how I can obtain another copy of the CD. We have the song downloaded on my computer and in Brianna's MP3 player, but the original CD was damaged (broken) by a very clumsy - but apologetic - therapist. I would be more than happy to pay for a second CD.

The information I have is that the song was for my granddaughter Brianna Moore-Harriman. Her "record number" is 19305.

Thank you again,
Julie Engel - Brianna's custodial Grandma and her biggest fan

"Thank You" Letters - March 30th, 2011

Today's thank you letter is a brand new one! We just received this letter this morning, along with an amazing video with the child's song of love, which you can see by visiting out Facebook page. As you know, these moments of joy and positivity are possible only through your continued generosity, by way of car donations and cash donations. Please take some time to read the letter (if you can read Spanish!) and to visit our site for a direct look at the children who are most affected by your donations. You can see pictures and videos, along with comments from families!

And so, on to today's thank you letter!

Hola
Soy mama de Jonathan Espinoza y quisiera  disculparme primeramente por no mandar la carta de agradecimiento  antes, ya que estos últimos meses han sido muy duros y no hemos tenido dinero ni para la estampilla, pero quisiera dar muchicimas gracias a Ernie Gold por su bellicima voz, gracias de todo corazón,  el CD llego en un momento muy oportuno de la vida de mi hijo Jony  ya que en ese momento su terapia estaba siendo muy intensa y difícil para el, en el momento que El escucho su cancio le brillaron sus ojitos de alegría ya que repetía varias veces su nombre, y eso lo hacia sentirse importante y también el saber que tenia los nombres de sus hermanos y amigos , gracias de todo corazón por esta alegría que brindan a estos niños, ruego a mi Padre Celestial que los Bendiga siempre con todo lo que ustedes necesiten y que siempre puedan tener ese animo y esa disposición para dar felicidad a otros menos afortunados, gracias por su labor y su gran esfuerzo que depositan dia con dia que el Señor los colme de bendiciones , una vez mas MUCHICIMAS GRACIAS …
DE PARTE DE LA FAMILIA ESPINOZA DESDE UTAH…


Remember, something as simple as a car donation can make such an absolute difference in the life of a young person!

Steve Smith of the New York Giants Joins Songs of Love!

Songs of Love has just scored a New Year's touchdown by having New York Giants wide receiver Steve Smith join our symphony of love! A special Songs of Love tab has been placed on his Facebook page of over
154,000 fans!



Steve has really shown his love for Songs of Love
by asking all of his fans to make a donation. He will also be providing
special items to be auctioned off so we can keep providing our
Medicine of Music™ to many more children. Thank You Steve!
Click here to watch a video of Steve Smith asking for donations.

"Thank You" Letters - March 24th, 2011

How many times do you get the opportunity to hear directly from the people you help with your donations from charity? We bring you these direct letters from the recipients of our songs of love, made possible only through your generous donations, whether they be car donations or cash donations. In prior years, we've received close to 12 car donations a day, allowing us to provide songs for several thousand kids in those years alone. This year, we are down to receiving only 2-3 car donations a day and we are, as a result, down to cutting our song output drastically. This year, we will only reach a projected 1,000 sick children. Read today's letter and please help us continue our mission and provide songs for many, many more children. Thank you!



Thank you so much for all you do. We received a cd for my son Shane, who is 3 years old (and now bald) and has Leukemia. He has not had to face many of the complications of sickness as we have seen other kids go through and we are very thankful for that. The first time he heard his song, we were in the car and I put the cd in the player. The song came on and when he heard his name, his eyes got big, his jaw dropped, and he smiled as he covered his hand with his mouth in astonishment. He couldn't beleive they were singing about him...and his toys, and his nurses and doctors, and his favorite foods and games. He still loves to listen and we've had the cd since summer. Thank you for all you do for these kids. The level of joy you put in a sick child's life is probably more than you imagine.
Thank you,
Kindra McFarland


A cash donation, car donation...whatever you can do to help makes all the difference in the world to these kids.

"Thank You" Letters - March 22nd, 2011

Spring has officially arrived! The year is already moving so quickly and we don't want to be left in the dust financially as we continue to work hard and struggle through this economy. As always, we need your help, via car donations and cash donations, to get us through these tough times and help us continue to bring music to sick children. It is through your help alone at this moment that will help us go on. As a gift to you for your support, we bring you these enlightening letters from the families of the children we aim to help everyday. In our song, we hope to bring them a bright light, and their bright light to us is in their letters. We hope these letters motivate you as much as they motivate us.



MY NAME ANTHONY TARANTINO MY GRANDSON IS PETER LISA YOU JUST MADE A SONG FOR HIM HE GOT IT TODAY.TO SAY THANK YOU IT IS NOT EVEN A DROP OF WHAT I FEEL .I CAN NOT PUT INTO WORDS WHAT ALL OF YOU GREAT PEOPLE DO FOR THE KIDS .I CAN SAY GOD BLESS ARE OF YOU.BUT I KNOW GOD DID THAT ALREADY.PETER CAN NOT TALK,CAN NOT SEE VERY GOOD.HE JUST STARTED TO WALK 2 MONTHS AGO HE IS 8 YEARS OLD.HE LOVES THE SONG HE JUST STANDS BY THE STERO AND LISTENS TO THE WHOLE SONG AND SMILES .AND I CRY TO SEE THAT.I LOVE PETER  MORE THEN ANYTHING HE IS MY HEART.HOW CAN I JUST SAY THANK YOU .I LET YOU KNOW ONLY THIS THANK YOU COMES FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.I WILL WRITE A LETTER TO THE GREAT PEOPLE ON THE DISC.BUT I JUST HAD TO WRITE SOMETHING NOW.I AM ON S.S.DISABLITY A SHOULDER REPLACEMENT.HAVE TO RETIRER.BUT I WILL SEND SOMETHING TO YOU.GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU. I HOPE I DID OK ON THE SPELLING I AM BAD AT THIS WRITING ON A COMPUTER.I JUST HAD TO WRITE MY LOVE TO ALL OF YOU  ANTHONY TARANTINO  OH THERE ARE ONLY 350 KIDS IN THE WORLD THAT HAVE MMA CLBC.THAT IS HOW RARE IT IS WHAT PETER HAS HE GETS B12 SHOTS EVERY DAY AND IT BREAKS MY HEART LOVE TO YOU ALL



Donate a car. Donate online. Please help us give back to the children who bring us so much joy.

"Thank You" Letters - March 11th, 2011

We hope we've inspired you in some way with these letters from our Songs of Love recipient families. These letters are, after all, meant to inspire all of us with the amazing tales of a child's courage and strength in a time of such adversity. To make moments like this possible for thousands more children for years to come, please consider making a donation, such as a car donation, to help us fund this dream. Just as these children inspire us, we want to use these songs to inspire these children. And now, we bring you today's bit of inspiration!




We just received our Songs of Love CD for my daughter, Rebecca Daniel. We
have played it over and over again. What a fun, uplifting and positive
song!! This will definitely be something that Rebecca will have for those
days that she doesn't feel like all the other "normal" kids. She asked me
this morning to make sure all her other Spina Bifida pen pals know about
"Songs of Love" and to make sure that their parents go to the website to
fill out an application. I have forwarded your website to all the people
that I know that have children that would benefit from a Songs of Love CD.

Thanks, again!

Holly Daniel



A car donation, cash donation...anything at all to keep inspiring these young brave kids!