Buffalo Grove singers putting ukuleles in hands of sick children taking music therapy

Cathy Novak adds another ukulele to the gallery that will be on display in September at the Buffalo Grove Park District’s Community Arts Center. (Steve Zalusky/Daily Herald)

A new public art display at the Buffalo Grove Park District’s Community Arts Center will feature a wall of painted ukuleles.

The instruments are not there only to be admired for their aesthetic value. They are there to be bought, with proceeds benefiting a charity that puts ukuleles in the hands of hospitalized children participating in music therapy.