Childhelp Tonight

Well, some things are just meant to be.

Tonight is our Children's Choir's first ever performance! We were asked to sing at a fundraiser at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel for Childhelp, a National Organization for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

We are so excited! The choir will be singing music as the guests arrive, and the favorite song for that is "The Waltz" written by my former Salt Lake Children's Choir director, Ralph Woodward. It talks about watching a ball with ladies all dressed up and music playing - how appropriate is that!

Then, the Event opens with 3 soloists from our choir singing on a stage. As the song progresses, the rest of our choir will start walking in with candles and singing a song written for us and for this event: "I Am a Light" by David Grover. It's going to be awesome.

So the most amazing thing is that this morning, I was talking to one of our choir parents. She told me that about 8 years ago, she and her family were in a horribly bad situation, and she found herself a poor single mother to a daughter that needed some serious help. She couldn't afford therapy, and didn't know what to do or where to turn. She desperately prayed to God to help her, then opened up the Yellow Pages right to Childhelp. They started going there, and she and her daughter both graduated from the therapy program 2 years later. She credits this organization with giving her daughter back to her in a much healthier place.

And now, she is in the Chandler Children's Choir, singing at the Fundraiser tonight, and helping to inspire others to give money to help children in the same situation she was in 8 years ago. She's an emotionally healthy young woman with a strong character now. It's come full circle.

How great is it for these kids to give back to society by using their talents and by just being the sweet pure children that they are! I think it's great for them - and hopefully it will remind them - and all of us - how very very fortunate we all are.

And I'm inspired by that.