Local stars write, dedicate song to kids at UNC hospital

Two North Carolina stars are making a difference in the lives of hospitalized children by donating a song to them.

Posted 11:29 a.m. Mar 1, 2018 — Updated 3:21 p.m. Jul 13, 2018

Jessica Patrick

, WRAL.com editor

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Two North Carolina stars are making a difference in the lives of hospitalized children by donating a song -- and all its proceeds -- to them.

Sheldon Bailey, star of Nickelodeon’s hit TV Show Game Shakers, and recording artist Kaylin Roberson are visiting area schools and UNC Children’s Hospital to perform their new duet, "Stronger Together," and share the gift of music with kids in need.

The song is available on Spotify and iTunes with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to UNC Health and St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

“I know what it’s like to be where they are, laying in a hospital bed with scars and being scared," said Roberson, who survived a horrific dog attack at the age of nine and spent a great deal of time recovering. "I know how important music was in my healing process and I want to be able to give that gift to them.”

Roberson and Bailey are not strangers when it comes to giving back to their community. Roberson wrote and recorded a song called “Fighter in Me” for the families of St. Jude and performed it in Memphis last fall, and Bailey has always had a passion for giving back to kids through his volunteer work with Make-A-Wish and his role as a youth advocate in many acting, singing and basketball programs.

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The pair decided the best way to continue giving back was to write a song that would inspire everyone going through hard times, reminding listeners that we are all “stronger together.”

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