Larry Perfetti, President of Kier’s Kidz, a 501(c)3 charitable organization in Highland Park, NJ, dedicated to helping children with cancer and their families and supporting childhood cancer research, joins us along with Caroline Kratka, Genetics major at Rutger’s University Honors College, who serves on Kier’s Kids Advisory Board and shares about youth engagement and advocacy with the foundation. Kier’s Kids was inspired by the hopes and dreams of Larry’s daughter Kiersten who succumbed to alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma when she was just 22.
Songs of Love President John Beltzer also joins us to share about the healing gift of music that is his organization’s mission, also a 501(c)3 charity, dedicated to uplifting the spirits of children with life-threatening illness or permanent disability. Artists from around the world create professionally produced songs in the child’s favorite genre, including aspects of the child’s life, hopes, dreams, and likes. Beltzer’s work is inspired by his musically talented twin brother, Julio, who died in 1984.
