SNEAK PEEK 2: Songs in the Key of Me with Broadway Inspirational Voices
This coming Tuesday, Ronald McDonald House New York and Broadway Inspirational voices will host a very special event. The sixth annual Songs in the Key of Me concert will pair five children from the House and our Hospital Outreach program with Broadway composers performers to create original songs and perform them live.
Meet Julia, 11, from Canada. Julia first came to the House in 2011. She LOVES nail polish, shopping online, and rollercoasters. She went ziplining in Hawaii and loved it. And above all, she's unfailingly honest. Broadway composer Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home) is now hard at work creating a song that celebrates everything great about Julia. We look forward to hearing it next Tuesday!
It was a tiny thing, but it brought her hangout buddy so much joy and happiness. Kelly knew that it was obviously worth it. Plus, she is now quite the skilled technician with a mouse after moving digital Jenga blocks for hours upon hours during the Pandemic.
Ronald McDonald House New York'svolunteers are truly themost dedicatedin the business. Whether they come once a week to serve meals, assist in the playroom, accompany service animals, or to push the Blavatnik Family Foundation Hospitality Cart near our Family Rooms in hospitals throughout NYC, ourvolunteersserve our families and local communities with compassion and love.
RMH-NY's Programs Teamhad quickly picked up on the importance of music to Kai's well being and understood that the best way to support Kai's treatment was to give him a place to come and play and find peace at the end of those long, exhausting days at the hospital.