Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Mighty Writers
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 12 E Church Lane
City: Philadelphia
State: PA
Postal Code: 19144
Main Phone: 2672390899
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.mightywriters.org
Employer ID Number: 010920922
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/10/2023
Requested Amount: 10000

Project Title: Mighty Writers Whole Child and SEL Afterschool Programs for Lifelong Success.
Project Description:

Mighty Writers (MW) requests $10,000 in program support to implement our Whole Child and SEL Afterschool Programs, which includes
Afterschool Academy (ages 8-14), a daily program (3-6 pm) from Mon-Fri, for grades 3-8, provides homework help and snacks and teaches 25 writing units to develop writing skills. Each week, various SEL activities are offered for students to build self-awareness, compassion, and community building.

College and Career Prep (ages 15-17), Workshops focus on critical thinking and persuasive writing skills to prepare teens for high school success, college readiness, SAT preparation, and college campus tours.

Literary art workshops (ages 7-17), Workshops equip, educate and inspire students to write more through art-integrated projects to foster creativity and inspiration. Students gain hands-on learning in music, visual arts, theater, dance, and literature.

1:1 Mentorship (ages 8-17), students in grades 2 through 12 are paired with mentors to achieve academic goals. Students meet for 4 hours per month for six months.

Mighty Toddlers (ages 3-7); high-quality early childhood literacy workshop including storytime, letter recognition, story acting, book creation and family engagement activities.

Mindfulness Workshops (ages 7-17): SEL-integrated, trauma-informed workshops to help kids and youth effectuate concepts like gratitude, compassion, and respect through mindfulness activities such as yoga-based movements, meditation, journaling, arts, and storytelling.

Approximately 85% of our students are BIPOC from low-income, marginalized areas. Funding will help us teach 4,500 underserved kids ages 3-17 across eight writing studios in PA and NJ. All our programs are designed to increase literacy proficiencies through innovative and interdisciplinary curricula to improve writing skills, stimulate critical thinking, and foster creativity to help students grow cognitively, socially and emotionally.
We aim to equip students with literacy tools to improve their academics, graduate high school, and enroll in college to transform their lives and reach their full potential.

Total Project Budget: $2,676,845

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Towsend Press-$300,000 (committed), William Penn Foundation -$200,000 (Committed), Hamilton Family Foundation -$250,000 (committed), Connelly Foundation ($40,000), Newark Art Council -$10,000 (Committed), AC Cultural Heritage and Cultural Affairs -$10,000 (committed), Impact 100 Essex -$100,000 (potential), VCM Foundation- $50,000 (committed), Accenture – $5,000 (committed) and more.

Project Duration: June 1 2023 to June 30, 2024
Geographical Area Served: Philadelphia County, Chester County, Camden County, Atlantic County and Essex Cunty
Age Group To Be Served: ages 3-17

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Sukripa
Contact Last Name: Shah
Contact Title: Development Associate
Contact Phone: 2672390899
Contact Email: sshah@mightywriters.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Mighty Writers
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 12 E Church Lane
City: Philadelphia
State: PA
Postal Code: 19144
Main Phone: 2672390899
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.mightywriters.org
Employer ID Number: 010920922
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/10/2023
Requested Amount: 10000

Project Title: Mighty Writers Whole Child and SEL Afterschool Programs for Lifelong Success.
Project Description:

Mighty Writers (MW) requests $10,000 in program support to implement our Whole Child and SEL Afterschool Programs, which includes
Afterschool Academy (ages 8-14), a daily program (3-6 pm) from Mon-Fri, for grades 3-8, provides homework help and snacks and teaches 25 writing units to develop writing skills. Each week, various SEL activities are offered for students to build self-awareness, compassion, and community building.

College and Career Prep (ages 15-17), Workshops focus on critical thinking and persuasive writing skills to prepare teens for high school success, college readiness, SAT preparation, and college campus tours.

Literary art workshops (ages 7-17), Workshops equip, educate and inspire students to write more through art-integrated projects to foster creativity and inspiration. Students gain hands-on learning in music, visual arts, theater, dance, and literature.

1:1 Mentorship (ages 8-17), students in grades 2 through 12 are paired with mentors to achieve academic goals. Students meet for 4 hours per month for six months.

Mighty Toddlers (ages 3-7); high-quality early childhood literacy workshop including storytime, letter recognition, story acting, book creation and family engagement activities.

Mindfulness Workshops (ages 7-17): SEL-integrated, trauma-informed workshops to help kids and youth effectuate concepts like gratitude, compassion, and respect through mindfulness activities such as yoga-based movements, meditation, journaling, arts, and storytelling.

Approximately 85% of our students are BIPOC from low-income, marginalized areas. Funding will help us teach 4,500 underserved kids ages 3-17 across eight writing studios in PA and NJ. All our programs are designed to increase literacy proficiencies through innovative and interdisciplinary curricula to improve writing skills, stimulate critical thinking, and foster creativity to help students grow cognitively, socially and emotionally.
We aim to equip students with literacy tools to improve their academics, graduate high school, and enroll in college to transform their lives and reach their full potential.

Total Project Budget: $2,676,845

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Towsend Press-$300,000 (committed), William Penn Foundation -$200,000 (Committed), Hamilton Family Foundation -$250,000 (committed), Connelly Foundation ($40,000), Newark Art Council -$10,000 (Committed), AC Cultural Heritage and Cultural Affairs -$10,000 (committed), Impact 100 Essex -$100,000 (potential), VCM Foundation- $50,000 (committed), Accenture – $5,000 (committed) and more.

Project Duration: June 1 2023 to June 30, 2024
Geographical Area Served: Philadelphia County, Chester County, Camden County, Atlantic County and Essex Cunty
Age Group To Be Served: ages 3-17

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Sukripa
Contact Last Name: Shah
Contact Title: Development Associate
Contact Phone: 2672390899
Contact Email: sshah@mightywriters.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Fall River Deaconess Home
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 259 Prospect Street
City: Fall River
State: Massachusetts
Postal Code: 02720
Main Phone: 508.674.4847
Main Fax: 508.730.1167
Organization Website: www.deaconesshome.org
Employer ID Number: 042103766
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/10/2023
Requested Amount: $5,000

Project Title: Broadening Horizons at Fall River Deaconess Home (FRDH)
Project Description:

FRDH respectfully requests consideration of a full grant proposal to provide enrichment activities to youth in southeastern Massachusetts who have experienced significant trauma and other challenges.

Research consistently shows trauma creates toxic stress that impacts brain development, learning, attention, and memory, and increases risk of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Childhood trauma has been linked to health conditions in adulthood, including cardiovascular disease, mental health problems, and other chronic illnesses, as well as lowered levels of educational attainment, employment, and income. Untreated trauma significantly impacts the individual and family and has societal and economic costs. Treatment must mitigate trauma’s impacts and prevent reoccurrences of further harm; services must be comprehensive and multifaceted.

FRDH’s Community-Based Support and Stabilization Services provide comprehensive treatment to youth, ages 18 months to 22 years, who have experienced trauma such as neglect and physical and sexual abuse. Services include specialized clinical treatment, psychiatric consultation, healthcare, educational supports, services and advocacy, vocational preparation, and an engaging program activity schedule.

To optimize engagement in treatment and education, FRDH provides emergency basic needs, enrichment activities, and support for vocational opportunities under our Broadening Horizons Project. As a primarily state-funded organization, these are not allowable expenditures. We rely on the generosity of donors and foundations to provide these additional supports, which impact short- and long-term health and wellness outcomes.

Support for our activities program will allow us to continue to provide and to expand access to healthy, age-appropriate, enrichment activities for service recipients ages 11-21. Exposure to new experiences–such as museums, theatres, aquariums and zoos–improves lives by broadening horizons, expanding interests, and building skills. Lives are transformed when youth envision different alternatives and future possibilities. We would welcome the opportunity to partner with the Hermanowski Family Foundation to help youth reach their full potential.

Total Project Budget: $30,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): The supports provided within our Broadening Horizons Project are not allowable expenditures under state-funding guidelines. We rely on the generosity of donors and foundations to provide these critical and life-changing supports. For the current fiscal year, $18,000 of the $30,000 budget has been raised, including $1,000 from the Bristol County District Attorney’s Community Fund, $1,000 from Walmart, $7,500 from the Andrade-Faxon Charities for Children, $2,500 from the United Way, and $6,000 in individual donations. Pending requests have been made to the Red Sox Foundation and the TJX Foundation, both of whom have previously supported this project. While we anticipate continued support, this is the first proposal for 2024 funding, and as such, we do not yet have commitments beyond this fiscal year.

Project Duration: Ongoing (funding request 01/2024–10/2024)
Geographical Area Served: Southeastern Massachusetts, primarily greater Fall River and greater New Bedford areas
Age Group To Be Served: 11-21

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.):
Contact First Name: Maureen
Contact Last Name: Philbin
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 508.674.4847
Contact Email: mphilbin@deaconesshome.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Golden Harvest Food Bank
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 3310 COMMERCE DR
City: Augusta
State: Georgia
Postal Code: 29841
Main Phone: 17067361199
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.goldenharvest.org
Employer ID Number: 58-1466516
Organization Tax Status: 501 c 3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 9, 2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Emergency Meals Program
Project Description:

Our Emergency Meals program allows Golden Harvest Food Bank to provide shelf-stable food to families who suffer from food insecurity in our 25 county service area in Georgia and South Carolina. Thanks to our more than 350 agency programs and partners, Golden Harvest is able to close the meal gap in our service area.

Total Project Budget: 789000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Augusta National Golf Club, Publix Charities, John Deere, Jiffy Lube

Project Duration: 12 months
Geographical Area Served: 19 Counties in Georgia and 5 in South Carolina
Age Group To Be Served: 0 months and up

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs
Contact First Name: Kimberly
Contact Last Name: McNeely
Contact Title: Grant Writer
Contact Phone: 706-736-1199
Contact Email: kmcneely@goldenharvest.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Youth Haven, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 5867 Whitaker Road
City: Naples
State: Florida
Postal Code: 34112
Main Phone: 2397742904
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.youthhavenswfl.org
Employer ID Number: 23-7065187
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/09/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Providing Tools for Abused and Neglected Children and Teens
Project Description:

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Total Project Budget: 2,601,587.00

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): All Committed:

Project Duration: Ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Southwest Florida/Collier County, FL
Age Group To Be Served: 10-19

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Linda
Contact Last Name: Goldfield
Contact Title: Chief Executive Officer
Contact Phone: 239-774-2904
Contact Email: linda.goldfield@youthhavenswfl.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Youth Haven, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 5867 Whitaker Road
City: Naples
State: Florida
Postal Code: 34112
Main Phone: 2397742904
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.youthhavenswfl.org
Employer ID Number: 23-7065187
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/09/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Providing Tools for Abused and Neglected Children and Teens
Project Description:

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Total Project Budget: 2,601,587.00

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): All Committed:

Project Duration: Ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Southwest Florida/Collier County, FL
Age Group To Be Served: 10-19

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Linda
Contact Last Name: Goldfield
Contact Title: Chief Executive Officer
Contact Phone: 239-774-2904
Contact Email: linda.goldfield@youthhavenswfl.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Youth Haven, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 5867 Whitaker Road
City: Naples
State: Florida
Postal Code: 34112
Main Phone: 2397742904
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.youthhavenswfl.org
Employer ID Number: 23-7065187
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/09/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Providing Tools for Abused and Neglected Children and Teens
Project Description:

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Total Project Budget: 2,601,587.00

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): All Committed:

Project Duration: Ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Southwest Florida/Collier County, FL
Age Group To Be Served: 10-19

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Linda
Contact Last Name: Goldfield
Contact Title: Chief Executive Officer
Contact Phone: 239-774-2904
Contact Email: linda.goldfield@youthhavenswfl.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Center for Trauma Counseling
Legal Name (if Different): Center for Trauma Counseling, Inc.
Also Known As: N/A
Mailing Address: 6801 Lake Worth Road, Suite 307
City: Lake Worth
State: Florida
Postal Code: 33467
Main Phone: 561-444-3914
Main Fax: 561-768-7719
Organization Website: https://palmbeachmentalhealth.org/
Employer ID Number: 45-4708248
Organization Tax Status: 501(C)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/9/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Children and Youth Mental Wellness Program
Project Description:

Our Children and Youth Mental Wellness program serves Palm Beach County (PBC) children/youth 3-18 who are otherwise denied services due to inability to afford. Our Children and Youth Mental Wellness program helps those served regulate their emotions, stop self-harming behaviors and suicide ideation/attempts and prevents costly, additionally traumatic inpatient placements.

Serving this need since 2012, and with the mental health ramifications of Covid, the current need has never been greater. In 2022, we provided services to 200+ children/youth through our community-centered ‘avenues to care’; in-office, telehealth, satellite locations and Mobile Hope Clinic (MHC).

Services to in-need children/youth are always:

• FREE to those who qualify
• provided by qualified therapists experienced in child/youth trauma
• offered in English, Spanish, Creole, reducing language barriers
• available without a waitlist
• provided through several easily accessible access points through our ‘avenues to care’

The MHC is our most innovative addition to our avenues to care in our mission to ensure ALL children/youth can receive care regardless of socioeconomic status. The MHC is PBC’s first and only mobile mental healthcare office, operating on our highly successful ‘community-partner model’; partnering with other local agencies where children/youth already visit for other services, thereby eliminating the hardship of additional travel to us. Since the MHC’s rollout in May 2021, 150+ high-need children/youth have been able to access services aboard the MHC.

Clients without insurance/living below poverty level are offered 8-10 FREE sessions. Those not qualifying for free sessions are offered extremely reduced sliding scale rates starting at just $45 per session with grant funding subsidizing the deficit.

Continued funding from the Hermanowski Foundation in 2024 will support the increasing need for direct mental healthcare services to children/youth through any of our avenues to care. An award of $10,000 will provide services to approximately 20 at-risk children/youth in 2024.

https://www.facebook.com/palmbeachmentalhealth.org/
https://palmbeachmentalhealth.org/
https://palmbeachmentalhealth.org/our-services/mobile-hope-clinic/

Total Project Budget: 355,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: $10,000 Law Enforcement Trust Fund $25,000 BallenIsles Charities foundation $27,500 Mary Alice Fortin Foundation $15,000 Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation $15,000 Weyenberg Foundation $2,500 William & Helen Thomas Charities $30,000 Health Resources & Services Administration $100,000 The Jim Moran Foundation $100,000 Service Fees Potential: $10,000 Hermanowski $5,000 Albert E & Birdie W Einstein Foundation $15,000 Honda Classic

Project Duration: 12 months
Geographical Area Served: Palm Beach County, Florida
Age Group To Be Served: 3-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Helya
Contact Last Name: Ortiz
Contact Title: CEO
Contact Phone: 561-504-3640
Contact Email: helya@palmbeachmentalhealth.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: JoyRx
Legal Name (if Different): Children’s Cancer Association
Also Known As: JoyRx
Mailing Address: 823 Congress Ave, Suite 300
City: Austin
State: TX
Postal Code: 78701
Main Phone: 503-244-3141
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.joyrx.org
Employer ID Number: 93-1181662
Organization Tax Status: tax-exempt

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/9/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: JoyRx Music
Project Description:

More than 1,700 children and adolescents younger than 20 years of age are diagnosed with cancer every
year in Texas. It is the most common cause of disease-related mortality for Texans 0-19 years of age. Our
mission at JoyRx, the mission delivery arm of Children’s Cancer Association (CCA), is to treat cancer and serious illnesses with more than medicine. When a child is facing life’s most challenging moments, they also need emotional healing. Through its flagship program, JoyRx Music, CCA empowers kids and teens to shift their emotional states during stressful and painful experiences related to life-threatening illnesses. By utilizing music’s universal appeal to buoy spirits and energize, JoyRx Music helps young patients feel Joy during stressful and painful experiences associated with prolonged hospitalizations and life-threatening illnesses. Trained JoyRx Music Specialists engage hospitalized kids of all ages and diagnoses by offering them a choice of "music medicine" experiences tailored to their current emotional state. No-cost bedside and virtual program options are available and tailored for one-on-one or group music experiences. Young patients can choose to watch a live music session, request a song, sing along, engage in music lessons, and even grab an instrument to join the band—whatever feels right and brings Joy to them in the moment. Over two decades ago, CCA began delivering the healing power of music to children and teens facing cancer and other serious illnesses. Today, JoyRx Music’s patient experience includes bedside service as restrictions
allow, in-hospital concerts, and digital programs designed to relieve stress, anxiety, and perception of pain. Our programs "prescribe Joy" to positively shift moods and relieve the sadness, anxiety, and isolation
experienced during lengthy hospitalizations.
Our goal is to serve over 300 patients this year and engage kids and teens, and their families, in 2,000 Joybased interactions. With three full-time staff in Austin, JoyRx is well-positioned to continue expanding these services into the future.

Total Project Budget: 541,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): 200,000

Project Duration: 1 year
Geographical Area Served: Austin Texas
Age Group To Be Served: 0-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Kari
Contact Last Name: Dolan
Contact Title: Grant Writer
Contact Phone: 409-679-5973
Contact Email: kdolan@joyrx.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: JoyRx
Legal Name (if Different): Children’s Cancer Association
Also Known As: JoyRx
Mailing Address: 823 Congress Ave, Suite 300
City: Austin
State: TX
Postal Code: 78701
Main Phone: 503-244-3141
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.joyrx.org
Employer ID Number: 93-1181662
Organization Tax Status: tax-exempt

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/9/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: JoyRx Music
Project Description:

More than 1,700 children and adolescents younger than 20 years of age are diagnosed with cancer every
year in Texas. It is the most common cause of disease-related mortality for Texans 0-19 years of age. Our
mission at JoyRx, the mission delivery arm of Children’s Cancer Association (CCA), is to treat cancer and serious illnesses with more than medicine. When a child is facing life’s most challenging moments, they also need emotional healing. Through its flagship program, JoyRx Music, CCA empowers kids and teens to shift their emotional states during stressful and painful experiences related to life-threatening illnesses. By utilizing music’s universal appeal to buoy spirits and energize, JoyRx Music helps young patients feel Joy during stressful and painful experiences associated with prolonged hospitalizations and life-threatening illnesses. Trained JoyRx Music Specialists engage hospitalized kids of all ages and diagnoses by offering them a choice of "music medicine" experiences tailored to their current emotional state. No-cost bedside and virtual program options are available and tailored for one-on-one or group music experiences. Young patients can choose to watch a live music session, request a song, sing along, engage in music lessons, and even grab an instrument to join the band—whatever feels right and brings Joy to them in the moment. Over two decades ago, CCA began delivering the healing power of music to children and teens facing cancer and other serious illnesses. Today, JoyRx Music’s patient experience includes bedside service as restrictions
allow, in-hospital concerts, and digital programs designed to relieve stress, anxiety, and perception of pain. Our programs "prescribe Joy" to positively shift moods and relieve the sadness, anxiety, and isolation
experienced during lengthy hospitalizations.
Our goal is to serve over 300 patients this year and engage kids and teens, and their families, in 2,000 Joybased interactions. With three full-time staff in Austin, JoyRx is well-positioned to continue expanding these services into the future.

Total Project Budget: 541,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): 200,000

Project Duration: 1 year
Geographical Area Served: Austin Texas
Age Group To Be Served: 0-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Kari
Contact Last Name: Dolan
Contact Title: Grant Writer
Contact Phone: 409-679-5973
Contact Email: kdolan@joyrx.org