This lady is representative of more than 100 patients in San Fernando Valley medical care centers who received visits from Vincent Leinen's Christmas carolers Sunday night, Dec. 6. Vincent has been organizing this volunteer event for 28 years. Participants included a wide cross section of ages, races and walks of life. Bob brought his guitar, we were given songbooks and we visited rooms in small groups singing Christmas carols for bedridden and wheelchair-bound patients of all ages and races also. Some of them had family visiting. Some had breathing tubes and closed eyes, and we couldn't read their response. Others laughed, cried, sang along, requested songs and reduced me to tears many times over with the love in their eyes. The final performance of the evening was in the main dining room at Hallmark-West Hills Assisted Living in Canoga Park, and included a spirited performance by a wealth of talented musicians and celebrities. Most of us certainly have our challenges this year, especially economically. But from young music groups and Boy Scouts to actresses, nurses, retired folks and construction workers, our differences and challenges seemed so small compared to the huge amount of universal love we shared with the patients and with each other. Thank you Vincent for your faithfulness to this valuable endeavor. Thanks for tenderizing hearts in a powerful way. For more info, visit www.ReachfortheStars.com/caroling/, and/or call Vincent at 818-342-9336.
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