Wendy, living with cancer, meets Michael Franti at Wanderlust.
nds Music connects people, it transce rds language and helps give people wo otions. when they can’t express their em boyfriend and girlfriend, and we said we really wanted to build something worthwhile together. The beautiful thing is that what we each wanted to do for the world to serve the greater good was very much in line with how we wanted to create our lives together.” Michael and Sara’s non-profit organization Do It for the Love, is all about granting wishes for severely ill adults, children or wounded veterans by gifting them lasting memories through live music concerts. Sara shares, “music connects people, it transcends language and helps give people words when they can’t express their emotions. We had the dream to do this in April 2013, started in August that year and have since done over 500 wish grants. We are just so grateful.” In my conversation with Sara, she shares the story behind Do It for the Love… “In April 2013 we met a couple, Hope and Steve, who were always asking Michael to retweet for their social media account, Hope for Steve. Before a music festival in Florida, Michael said, “Hey you know that couple I’m always retweeting for, they’re gonna be at the show tonight, we should check them out?!” So we went online to look at their website and watched their wedding video, which was so beautiful and emotional.
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14 year old, Will, completely blind since birth, wished to meet Stevie Wonder. Their story is that Steve was diagnosed with ALS while they were dating, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He told Hope, “If you want to leave I totally understand, it’s going to be a tough journey.” Hope said she wanted to stay and so he proposed and they got married. When we met them at the festival Steve was in a wheelchair; he couldn’t walk or talk. It was actually Michael’s birthday that night as well, so we invited them to come on stage. When Michael played “Life is Better with You” Steve wanted to dance, so Hope picked him up and held him, dancing in front of 20,000 people. It was very touching for them creating that memory and for us in realizing that we could do this for people. We were all in tears. Do It for the Love was created from this heartfelt evening with Hope and Steve.”
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