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Give Hope Foundation
Pledges $30,000 to Center
for Children’s Cancer and
Blood Disorders at Arnold
Palmer Hospital
Give Hope Foundation Volunteers and Board Members at the 2011 Give Hope and Hold ‘Em Event
The Give Hope Foundation, which
has been a great partner of Arnold
Palmer Hospital since its inception
in 2005, has recently pledged
$30,000 to our Center for Children’s
Cancer and Blood Disorders.
The volunteer organization
provides support in a variety of
ways to children and families
in Central Florida who are
battling childhood cancer. In
addition to their pledge to Arnold
Palmer Hospital, the Give Hope
Foundation also operates the Give
Hope Hero Program to help grant
a wish or, more often, much needed
basic assistance to these families.
“We, unfortunately, all know
someone who has had cancer,” says
Pete Piacenti, president, Give Hope
Foundation. “It is a horrible disease
when it strikes at any age, but
somehow, when it affects a child,
it seems even worse, and you feel
even more helpless. The Give Hope
Foundation was created to try and
make a difference in the lives of the
families battling cancer – meeting
them at their time of greatest need.”
“The Give Hope Foundation is
making a real and profound impact
on the lives of our patients here at
Arnold Palmer Hospital,” states Tori
Spradlin, vice president, Arnold
Palmer Medical Center Foundation.
My Healing
Harmony
Giving Children the Gift of
Healing and Play through Music
The “My Healing Harmony” Music
Therapy Program at Arnold Palmer
Hospital was founded in 2010
through a generous grant from
Joey Fatone and the Fatone Family
Foundation. Music therapy can
reduce nausea, pain and anxiety
and give emotional support to
children during their procedures.
Led by a credentialed music
therapist, children can take part
in expressive group or individual
activities such as songwriting,
playing instruments and
performing – and even record
their own songs and produce
music videos in the music studio.
No musical skills or experience
are necessary to participate, and
patients of all ages can benefit.
We need your help to keep the
music playing. Arnold Palmer
Hospital’s Music Therapy Program
relies on your support to serve
young patients. Please join us, so
that together, we can let the music
play on!
To learn more , contact Jeff
Muddell at 321.841.5840 or
jeff.muddell@orlandohealth.com.
Music Makes a Difference
at Arnold Palmer hospital
Music Charity Donates
$30,000 to Pediatric
Brain Tumor Program
Music fans unite to drum up support for the new Pediatric
Brain Tumor Program at Arnold Palmer Hospital.
Rock By The Sea president, Beth Gosnell (second from left), is joined by the Pediatric
Brain Tumor Program team (left to right): Hillary Bess, MSN, ARNP; Amy A. Smith,
MD, Emily Owens Pickle, CCRP; and Michelle Richey, LCSW.
Festival Raises
$15,000 for Music
Therapy Program
The healing power of music comes to life daily with the
“My Healing Harmony” Music Therapy Program at Arnold
Palmer Hospital. And recently, some of the biggest names in
music helped the program while rocking Orlando.
Orlando Calling, a weekend-long music festival, featured
headliners The Killers, Bob Seger and Kid Rock. Those
headliners signed four Gibson Les Paul guitars as part of
a worldwide auction that benefited the Music Therapy
Program. The four guitars raised $5,000.
Rock By The Sea, an organization that raises money
through music events and concerts, recently donated
$30,000 from their annual music festival in Panama City
Beach, Florida, to support the Brain Tumor Program at
Arnold Palmer Hospital.
Rock By The Sea president, Beth Gosnell, and her team are
passionate about music, and they are using it to support Dr.
Amy Smith and her new neuro-oncology team,” says Jeff
Muddell, Foundation vice president. “Their gift will help
our program offer the highest level of care to patients and
families across Florida who are in need of our services.”
The next Rock By The Sea festival, scheduled for April
26-29 in Panama City Beach, will also benefit Arnold
Palmer Hospital. The event will feature dozens of acts
including major recording artists NEEDTOBREATHE
and Shawn Mullins.
For more information and to view a complete listing of
fundraising events, visit rockbythesea.org.
In addition, when the auction announcement was made,
Melvin Benn, CEO and founder of the company which
produced Orlando Calling, also made a $10,000 donation
to the Music Therapy Program.
“Music has always affected the human spirit in powerful
ways. And, watching its positive healing power on these
children fighting cancer is truly a remarkable experience,”
says Melvin Benn.
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