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100% of my registration and fundraising will support Sharing Tullis smile funding Music therapy on the children's ward at Barwon health in Memory of Tulli Rose Seabert.
About our Fund.
Sharing Tulli's Smile strives to
help the health and wellbeing of sick children across the Greater Geelong
region through the power of music therapy.
The program is managed by
Rebecca Seabert and her husband Travis and was
inspired by their brave, strong
and happy little soul, Tulli Rose.
Tulli was born with a number of
medical conditions, including a rare heart
condition, epilepsy and an underdeveloped
brain. She was unable to walk, talk or eat, yet she communicated in her own
special way through her cheeky personality, smile
and glimmering eyes.
In November 2019, at the age of
eight, Tulli left her family earthside. Despite
experiencing life-changing
grief, the Seabert family have since set out to
honour their precious daughter.
During Tulli's life they
witnessed firsthand the power and impact music has and the need for music
therapy to be available to all children experiencing hospitalisation. The
Seabert's would often play music to Tulli to help calm and distract her during
tests and
procedures and within seconds a
smile would beam from ear to ear.
Through Sharing Tulli's Smile,
music therapy sessions are now regularly presented at Barwon Health's
University Hospital Geelong, where Tulli spent much of her life.
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Each session is run by a
registered music therapist and is 100% community funded and not supported by government
funding.
Music therapy in the hospital
works to reduce isolation and stress, encourage coping, and improve wellbeing
through choice making, distraction, and relaxation. The best part? It’s fun! Whether
it be listening to music, writing a song, or playing instruments, music
therapy supports young people in
hospital, and their families, to feel empowered, joyous, and hopeful.
It is Bek and Travis's dream to
see a permanent music therapy program established at Barwon Health.
