And everyone at Freeport High is so proud of you . . . But more important than all that is you just being you. John Beltzer collects the information about the children for whom the songs will be composed and sung and coordinates the volunteers who write and perform these songs. He does all this from a studio apartment in Queens. And he is now looking for office space.
Contributions are also welcome.
He received the song before he was undergoing all of the changes and preparation for the transplant, and the song became his primary coping mechanism. He had the song playing all day while he was awake, and he had to take the music everywhere with him. He is four, and he has memorized all the words to his song. He is a fun-loving child, but as with any hospital experience, especially as extensive as this was, it is hard for the child, and the song was his strength. He sang it for the nurses and doctors, anyone who would listen.