‘Music can change the world’ Music. It can’t cure illness, but it can change the world -through sparking joy, love, interaction and pain relief. Music therapy changed Lily’s world and ours. It gave her so much joy, ways to communicate us and memories we will carry for a lifetime without her. That is why we…
Today we received some gorgeous photos from Cameron’s mother. Cameron received one of the first sets of our new music therapy kits, while on respite at Bear Cottage Children’s Hospice in NSW.
It made us well up (I ugly cried) 😭 seeing Lily’s musical magic being spread far and wide. This is exactly how we imagined our MT kits being used. Thank you, thank you thank you , to all of you who have helped get us here 🙏🏽
Lily’s MT kits is a national program aimed at sparking moments of musical joy for children in pediatric palliative care. Check out our website and @tiny_tones blog for more info. Or DM us!
Our beautiful music therapy kits are ready. Huge thanks to @tiny_tones for their generous support in supplying and organising these kits and @jimmyrees_ for curating the playlist ❤️❤️
Helping families make the most of the time they have together 💖
Thank you 🙏🏽 Each and everyone for your support of @thelilycalvertfund this year. There are too many of you to name but without you, we could not do it.
Despite the maddness of 2020 we have launched two major programs raised thousands of dollars and helped bring a little light into the lives of so many families across Australia.
We have raised much awareness because of so many of you - who have generously shared our story and our cause via your amazing reach and channels. Thank you 🙏🏽
#thankyou #epicyear #bringon2021
‘Music can change the world’
Music. It can’t cure illness, but it can change the world. Through sparking joy, love, interaction and even pain relief. Music therapy changed Lily’s short little life. Music gave Lily so much joy, ways to communicate with her and memories we carry for a lifetime without her. Today, together with with @tiny_tones musical instruments we are thrilled to launch The Lily Calvert Music Therapy Kits in partnership with the @thelilycalvertfund.
The program aims to spark joy from music and encourage families to explore music therapy through donating musical care kits to children who are in a palliative care program all across Australia. The kits will be proudly donated by @tiny_tones They include a selection of Lily’s favourite music therapy instruments and songs (Swipe to see of Lily enjoying her music therapy). The kits consist of a range of quality and sustainable wooden percussion instruments that are appropriate for young children of all abilities and selected to be useful in music therapy settings for ages 0-6.
From TODAY, $5 from every sale will go towards these musical care kits (Swipe to see an example). So YOU too can enjoy the warm feeling that you are helping bring some joy to families who are going through the unimaginable. Or head over to @thelilycalvertfund and donate through the link in bio. @tiny_tones have generously given us a discount code too Lily10 for a discount when purchasing. Thank you for your support as always.
So very excited to announce our next project that has been many months in the planning! Stay tuned. Coming soon 💓💖
We realised that we just had to live in the moment and there was a beautiful simplicity to it. ⭐️✨
Sound on and head over to @goodmourningpodcast to listen to the full interview as founder @thelilyflower_ shares Lily’s story. Link in @goodmourningpodcast bio or swipe up via stories over @thelilyflower_
"There is no footprint too small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world."
Today, October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, and we have come together as a group of mamas to honour our babes born sleeping, those we carried but never held, those we held but could not take home, and those who came home, but could not stay.
We are the 1 in 4, we are the faces of pregnancy and infant loss, and today, as every other day, we #honourourbabes. Follow the hashtag #honourourbabes2020 to hear our stories, and add the tag to your posts to share your own stories.
Too all the Dad’s on Fathers Day. Whether your children are here, in the stars, or still to become. You are all Dad’s, and perfect to us. ✨✨ Repost @qendoau
We are over the moon to have raised $800 (and counting) over just a couple of weeks selling our masks @blencowes made by @pomesy
In a time when we are stuck at home it is easy to think community spirit has been well and truly stamped out. I know we have all been feeling pretty low at LCF headquarters. But this little project has shown us that our strength as a community is alive and real if you choose to look carefully. The power of connection can spark and ignite just from ordering a coffee and a muffin (and a billion baby cinnos). The money raised will help support kids who need it most - bubbas with terminal illness. But the energy and passion behind this little community project will fuel us all in the long days still to come: that there is hope, there is love and there is power in our connection. Locked down but not broken. Locals supporting locals. Our hearts are full.
We will be restocking in a couple of weeks.