The Songs of Love Foundation Announces a One Million Dollar Four-Year Challenge Grant

The Songs of Love Foundation announces a One Million Dollar Four-Year Challenge Grant from The Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation. Songs of Love is beyond grateful for this incredible opportunity to double the impact of its donations, which will now be matched up to $250,000 each year for four years.This challenge grant has infused new life into the organization, encouraging supporters and creating the potential to write songs for anadditional 4,000 children in the coming years.The Songs of Love is encouraging its supporters to join in on this unprecedented challenge grant campaign.

Mr. Cooperman is the founder of Omega Advisors, and the Songs of Love family was ecstatic to visit his office for the check presentation.The event included many of the biggest supporters of Songs of Love, including Bob McGrath of Sesame Street and two 'songs of love' recipients, Danielle Dugan and Victoria Sidorski, who discovered they were hospital roommates 14 years ago!!Both of them are doing great today and still hold their Songs of Love dearly!

Songs of Love President John Beltzer states that"we are overjoyed that Leon Cooperman saw the value, not only in terms of how strong the healing power of music can be, but also how Songs of Love has given a platform for musical artists to keep creating great music that matters. I am eternally grateful to Lee and Toby for this transformative gift."Songs of Love sees this challenge grant as a catalyst to dramatically expand the population of children it helps.

About Songs of Love

Songs of Love is a nationalnonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, dedicated to providing uplifting personalizedsongs, free of charge, for children and teenscurrently facing tough medical, physicalor emotional challenges. Since 1996, nearly 28,000 "songsof love" have been created. Every song is 100% original and personalized based on the child's interests and favorite music.All songs are professionally produced in approximately 4-6 weeks and recorded onto a CD with printed lyrics as a keepsake for the child (mp3 files are available as well).Each Song of Love improves the emotional well-being of not only the child, but also his or her family. Read more about the Leon and Toby Cooperman Challenge Grant at songsoflove.org/cooperman. Requesting a 'song of love' is easy!Visitwww.songsoflove.orgto learn more.
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