The mission of the Melodic Caring Project is to bring genuine love and compassion together with the medically proven healing properties of music and share them with children in need.Our Vision is to provide love, encouragement and healing through music to every child in need and to inspire our communities worldwide to do the same.

•Direct, develop, manage and evaluate all Children’s Services Programs and Child Life Staffing Agency•Facilitate & create therapeutic programs in hospitals with pediatric beds in the Northwest to assist in normalizing the patient and family experience. •Manage the Great Escapes community program for ~ 700+ families along with the creation of therapeutic outpatient programming to address the psychosocial needs of Starlight children and families. •Human Resources-Recruit, hire… Show more •Direct, develop, manage and evaluate all Children’s Services Programs and Child Life Staffing Agency•Facilitate & create therapeutic programs in hospitals with pediatric beds in the Northwest to assist in normalizing the patient and family experience. •Manage the Great Escapes community program for ~ 700+ families along with the creation of therapeutic outpatient programming to address the psychosocial needs of Starlight children and families. •Human Resources-Recruit, hire, train & supervise staff members, interns and volunteers. •Oversee the program budget along with the incorporation of philanthropic efforts to grow all programs.•Develop programming tools as well as database management & donor entry processing. Show less

•Develop and maintain the pediatric radiology and perioperative services child life programs:•Administrative: Develop educational tools, create and implement new pain management & immobilization policies, staff education sessions, train and supervise pediatric volunteers, present at professional conferences, interview and train new staff and interns. •Patient Care: Provide preparation, support and distraction during radiological exams and procedures as well as prepare children for… Show more •Develop and maintain the pediatric radiology and perioperative services child life programs:•Administrative: Develop educational tools, create and implement new pain management & immobilization policies, staff education sessions, train and supervise pediatric volunteers, present at professional conferences, interview and train new staff and interns. •Patient Care: Provide preparation, support and distraction during radiological exams and procedures as well as prepare children for surgery and develop/implement an after-school surgical education session. On-call service is provided to endoscopy services, inpatient pediatrics as well as the neonatal intensive care unit. Show less

•Provide diversional activities, procedure preparation/education, and family support for hospitalized children in all inpatient and outpatient pediatric units, and supervision of volunteers/interns. Extensive time spent in the PICU, outpatient oncology clinic as well as the school-age unit.

•Oversaw playroom activities. Ensured availability of age-specific activities, games and toys in the activity room, and at the bedside while providing a clean and safe therapeutic environment for hospitalized children. Trained and supervised all pediatric volunteers.