Self-Taught Teen Musician Wishes to Have a Violin
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Uploaded by MakeAWishFoundation on Jun 8, 2011
The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Central and Northern Florida produced this video about Joe's wish to have a violin.
It was in the sixth grade that Joe's love for music became his life. He found his grandfather's violin, loved its melody, and made the violin his instrument of choice. Joe would come home from school and play the violin throughout the evening. At the age of 15, Joe noticed a pain in his arm. The soreness began to hurt more and more.
After receiving an X-ray, Joe was diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of bone cancer.
Joe embarked on a long road to recovery. It took ten months for him just to hold a pencil. Against enormous odds, Joe returned to playing the violin and, within four months, performed for his family and friends at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Reflecting on being 15 and diagnosed with cancer, Joe says a wish "gives you something to hold onto when you don't have anything ... it gets you through the day."
Learn about wish granting and watch other wish stories at http://wish.org.
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@alexlover121 actrully you can im only 13 and i contacted them to ask if there was any way i could help and they sent me a packet of diffrent things i could do to help and i ended up doing jeans or wishes and i rased 200 dollers it is a verry amazing orginazation and i also love them because they helped my cousin but sadly she passed so you should ask them if you need any help or would like me to give you there number dont be afriad to ask me. im here to help
nessa5746 8 months ago
If you got cancer or some health issue or know somebody who does, check this vid out
watch?v=wvzDHGLEUyw
retr0llz 8 months ago
My best friend passed away from Osteosarcoma after fighting it for three years. Luckily Make-a-wish foundation granted him a wish to the Superbowl before he succumbed to the cancer . Good Luck and I hope you get better Joe!
2TwoOne1 8 months ago
Amd music heals another soul.
dharmaseed 8 months ago
This is beautiful. So so beautiful. I literally sat here and cried with him. This foundation is SO amazing and beautiful doing so many great things for people.
I am wanting to go get checked for cancer sometime soon. I am very pale and get burned so easily and my side has been hurting a lately. I hope i don't have cancer. I wish this boy didn't have cancer. But i guess something good came out of this happening. He is an amazing person. Congratulations to him.
Kierstentr 8 months ago
Good luck!
scopenes 8 months ago
this is soo sweet i wish i could work for this foundition !
alexlover121 8 months ago 2