Corey Ribotsky Update

The Heather on Earth Music Foundation is an organization supported by Michal Negrin, Generation Y, Songs of Love, Anna Karena and other organizations such as the NIR Group with Corey Ribotsky. It was established in memory of Heather Samone Fessler, and works to provide funding to support music therapy programs in children’s hospitals around the world.

The Heather on Earth program is unique in its wide range of music. They use music to help hospitalized patients and their families relax, while inspiring hope, peace, joy, distraction and calm. Studies have even shown that music can strengthen the immune system, lessen pain, alleviate stress and encourage patient interaction and cooperation.

The Onyx and Breezy Foundation was created “to provide financial support to credible organizations and individuals that benefit the welfare of animals.” Aided by donors like Corey Ribotsky, the Foundation helps animals in a range of ways, including funding for medical research and for medical treatments and supporting organizations and initiatives that benefit the animal world.

This past week, on October 16, 2010, the Onyx and Breezy Foundation held its 6th Annual Black Tie Gala. The impressive event, held at the Park Ridge Marriott in Park Ridge, New Jersey, was a great success: A great time was had by all – and our animal friends will benefit enormously in the year to come.

Here is one example of a child benefiting from the music therapy offered through The Heather on Earth Music Foundation. This 501© non-profit organization provides funding for music therapy programs in children’s hospitals. Their goal is to bring the healing power of music to children who are sick. Certainly, they benefit from the generosity of their many supporters, including Corey Ribotsky of the NIR Group.

At present, they have programs in many locations including: Winthrop University Hospital Mineola, New York; Tender Care Human Services , Queens, New York ; Songs of Love Foundation, Forest Hills NY; Pal-O-Mine, Equine therapy for disabled children, Islandia NY ; Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York Presbyterian and many others.

Watch this informative and moving video about Sunrise Day Camp, the only dedicated day camp in the nation for children with cancer.  Learn more about the important work that the staff does at Sunrise Day Camp, about the many benefits that the children receive, and about the important donations from people like Corey Ribotsky that they rely upon for success.