A Place To Be

Goal: $30,000.00

Specific Need

Give With Purpose

Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference. Here’s what your Give Choose donation can do:

Share the Joy of Belonging

• $10 supports the connections and experiences that bring people together at A Place To Be.

Bring Creativity to Life

• $15 provides supplies for an expressive arts enrichment session.
• $25 provides 5 children’s tickets to one of A Place To Be’s musical productions for families in financial need.
• $50 provides a costume for a child in one of A Place To Be’s family theater productions.
• $250 purchases new instruments or equipment for therapy and enrichment sessions.

Create Opportunities to Thrive

• $360 provides financial aid for three children to attend one week of music or expressive arts therapy.
• $500 sponsors a child’s summer day camp enrollment, with a full week of artistic activities culminating in a final public presentation.
• $800 sponsors one youth or young adult’s weekly group therapy sessions for one semester, cultivating life skills, self-confidence and friendships.
• $1,200 sponsors one child’s weekly individual therapy sessions for three months, promoting sustained progress toward clinical goals, personal development and well-being.

Look Beyond

• $2,500 or more gives A Place To Be the flexibility to help where it’s needed most.

Mission

A Place To Be creates community, belonging, and hope for individuals with disabilities, neurodivergence, or other medical or mental health challenges through music therapy, performance and the expressive arts.

Profile

What would the world be like if every person felt like they belonged? If every person, no matter their ability, could achieve their full potential? If every person had a place where they could find their voice and share their story?

At A Place To Be, we use music and the expressive arts to help people navigate life’s challenges, develop self-worth and identity beyond labels, gain skills for meaningful participation in the community, and build connections that strengthen their resilience and well-being.

This is how we do it:

• Individual Therapy: One-on-one clinical music therapy to support health and well-being, self-expression and personal growth.
• Group Therapy & Social Programs: Music- and arts-based therapy, enrichment sessions and summer day camps that build creativity and connection.
• Transitional Programs: Opportunities for older youth and young adults to develop life skills, confidence and independence through job training, leadership development and mentoring.
• Inclusive Theater & Community Performances: Collaborative productions that empower participants as writers, composers and performers and promote messages of empathy, resilience, inclusion and hope.
• Family & Caregiver Support: Clinical consultations, long-term planning, referrals to other resources, and social opportunities to join together with other families outside of therapy.
• Financial Aid: Ensuring that ability to pay is never a barrier to therapeutic services.

$44,438.23 received
in 62 gifts
and 3 prizes 148.13%  of  $30,000.00 Goal