The Difference Music Makes provides Provide young patients with music and its "healing benefits," during treatment periods and long hospital stays and personal CD players for them to listen to the music on; Provide mentor programming that offer youth volunteer service opportunities leadership experiences and action planning programs that youth can use to bring this service program into their communities and hospital wards; Raise funds for the research of life-threatening pediatric diseases through sales of the Music CD Childrens Series called "The Difference Music Makes.";Provide a vehicle for professional musicians and storytellers to join in the sharing of their art with children receiving hospital treatments.