Corey Ribotsky Update

As part of the Light The Night Walk campaign put on around the country by LLS every year, they offer retail organizations the chance to partner with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  Retailers across North America are invited to has customers purchase a paper balloon for the cost of a $1 donation to LLS.  Retail partners then display the balloons in their shops, encouraging more people to donate and raising awareness about blood cancers and about the work that LLS does.

In 2010, for instance, the Burlington Coat Factory became the first Light The Night Walk National Paper Balloon Partner.  They raised more than $2.5 million just in that one year for the Light The Night Walk.  Since they joined the Light the Night Walk in 2003, they have raised a total of $9.4 million for LLS!

This is one example of how organizations and individuals like Corey Ribotsky can help to raise funds for LLS and to encourage others to learn more about the important work done by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

So many children have benefited from the amazing work of the Heather on Earth Music Foundation.  Supporters like Corey Ribotsky allow the Foundation to continue to do its incredible work.  While looking to support a location such as this, it’s important to know its origins and the people behind the dream.

After Geri Fessle lost her daughter, Heather Samone Fessler, in September of 1985, she searched for a way to memorialize her daughter.  In 1992, she joined the Children’s Medical Fund of New York, where Corey Ribotsky is the President, hoping to make a difference in the lives of children. She led her own community for six years and became President of the Women’s Division on Long Island for over three years.

Starting her own nonprofit to bring the power of music to children, Geri has received numerous awards for her work.  She has worked closely with other organizations, including the Board of Ascent, Pal-o Mine, the Songs of Love Foundation and others.

Last year, the Onyx and Breezy foundation provided funds for 13 dogs to be transported from Louisiana to the Newark area before the Hurricane season, in order to open more space in the Louisiana shelters. Families in Louisiana often leave their pets in these shelters during evacuations, and then do not return to take them back. The shelters become very crowded during these seasons, and are very hard-pressed to care for the sudden rush of dogs. Euthanasia is often the only option. Shelter volunteers hoped the dogs would be adopted once they were transferred to New York and New Jersey.

The Onyx and Breezy Foundation is a non-profit organization which works to help animals and animal shelters throughout the United States. Corey Ribotsky is a member of the foundation. In this particular case, the organization provided the shelters with over $5,000 for both transportation and health care for the 13 dogs.

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.

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.