The Alyssa Alvin Foundation for Hope (AAFH) fulfilled a gift request of a tenor Eddy Finn Ukulele to 12-year-old, Lexi, at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago on Friday, November 22, 2019. Lexi is being treated there for Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a rare disorder in which the body makes too many white blood cells. Lexi was with her parents-Maria and Vito.
Lexi lives in Arlington Heights, IL with her family. She is in middle school and likes music and playing the ukulele. Lexi was introduced to the ukulele while at Lurie’s for treatment and she loved the string instrument. She also plays the trombone at school. Lexi loves to play sports and hang out with her friends.
On this same day at Lurie’s, we delivered a violin to Elizabeth Klinger – Music Therapist who will be showing in-patient children how to play the violin throughout the hospital. Elizabeth indicated that recently, many children have been asking for a violin they can borrow while at the hospital.
Thanks to Willow-Art Therapist, Lexi heard about Alyssa Alvin Foundation for Hope and submitted her gift request on our website. It is our pleasure to honor gift requests of art supplies or musical instruments in keeping with Alyssa’s passions and our Foundation’s mission. Thank you to Instrument Exchange for their continued support and for ordering the musical instruments requested by our gift recipients!
