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Question from international children's charity Songs of Love

John Beltzer

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Before I submit a marketing proposal to help publicize Dash and at the same time help more sick children, I wanted to get everyone's take. I know it would cost the charity 5 Dash to submit and we hope that we can get help for that as well. In 2013 we became the first ever children's charity to accept cryptocurrency donations. We even had a Bitcoin billboard in NYC. Here is the proposal:


The Songs of Love Foundation became the first ever national children’s charity to accept cryptocurrency donations 4 years ago. We also just released our Songs of Love iphone app and would like to dedicate a front panel to Dash.
In one of the panels, we feature our official digital music distribution partner Tunecore which has enabled Songs of Love to have our entire catalogue on platforms like iTunes, Goole Play, Spotify and many more.
We can even build a Dash Spotify playlist featuring songs that have been made possible by the support from Dash. It would be an ever expanding list of songs.

We were hoping that for 20 Dash a month we can have a panel highlighting our partnership with the Dash logo and links to wherever you’d like. All the proceeds raised through this partnership
would go into helping more children experience the thrill of hearing their very own 'Songs of Love’.
Here is a screen shot of our app. This app will obviously be available to the whole world and will enable people to request personalized songs for ailing children right from within the app.
We would also post regularly on our Facebook page of over 43K followers as well as have a permanent link on our web site.I hope that Dash and Songs of Love can make beautiful music together for the kids who need a reason to smile.

Thanks so much to the Dash community and I look forward to your responses.

A Big Hug,


John Beltzer
President and Founder
Songs of Love Foundation



The Songs of Love Foundation is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that creates uplifting, personalized songs for children and teens struggling with a life-threatening illness or lifetime disability--free of charge. Each CD is professionally produced with lyrics containing the child's name and references to all of his or her favorite activities, things, people, and pets. Songs are written and performed in the musical style that the child likes best (pop, r&b, rap, rock, alternative, etc.), by a variety of talented professionals. The organization is named after a song called "Songs of Love" that Julio Beltzer (Songs of Love founder John Beltzer's twin brother) wrote just 2 months before he died on April 12, 1984.

As each child is unique, so is every “song of love” composition. Since 1996 the Songs of Love Foundation has reached out to over 28,000 children in over 500 hospitals and health care facilities in all 50 states. The songs have often been played to alleviate pain and trauma during painful and scary hospital treatments. The song recipients have played their "songs of love" in all kinds of situations and settings such as car trips to the hospital, show and tell at school, for family and friends in person or on the phone, and even for the doctors and nurses. Siri Bream, a certified Child Life Specialist from the Children’s Hospital of Richmond, VA, states, "Songs of Love is such an invaluable gift for our children and families that counteracts and comforts any of the fear, anger or grief that an illness or injury brings. The healing power of music is huge, but the power of feeling validated, of being honored, of being important enough to have a song that is entirely all about YOU, gives our patients a sense of belonging in this world, a sense of hope, a renewed purpose and determination to LIVE”.

The Songs of Love Foundation has been featured on the Today Show, 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Dateline and People, Parade and American Profile Magazines. Performers such as Ben Taylor, Jason Mraz, Michael Bolton, Billy Joel , David Lee Roth and Ronnie Spector have all contributed their voices on a "Song of Love" for an individual sick child. The cost to run the entire organization, including hospital outreach, song production, operational expenses, etc., has averaged $250 per song per child, making Songs of Love one of the most cost-effective charities in relation to the one-of-a-kind everlasting therapeutic product that it produces. Sponsoring a "song of love" for a sick child is a wise social investment that keeps paying dividends in the form of repeated smiles whenever an ailing child hears his or her very own "song of love".

Songs of Love has received the "Best in America" Independent Charities of America Seal which is only given to one percent of charities across America.
 
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