Special Needs Nature Field Trips
Donation protected
KEEPING OUR NATURE FIELD TRIPS ALIVE
We are asking for the community’s financial help in supporting our transportation needs and keeping our HEART field trips alive for one year as we work to pay off our van. The yearly cost of our nature based field trips is $10,000.
This includes two field trips per month to Blissful Dreams at Tuxbury Farm on the Wando River where we ride and groom horses, do farm chores, have nature walks, make nature inspired art, engage in river play and have picnic lunches. This would also include one Ecotour per month by Barrier Island Eco Tours.
Being outdoors is an important experience for our well being and HEART's population needs it more than most. We see significant positive results from our members after having spent time immersed in nature.
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP
Some people know HEART was recently forced to restructure in order to comply with existing South Carolina state law governing services to special needs adults. Basically, the system and laws are not set up for small creative day programs like HEART. I'm grateful to have been made aware of this law, but it forced us to alter our plans on how to operate and raise money to support our ongoing services to our HEART members. We had to end our Heart’s Handmade micro-business and employment program which produced income to support our services.
Just before this change, we had purchased a HEART van to ease transportation stress and make it easier to get HEART members out into the community and into nature for art and therapy.
HEART was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Bakker Family Fund and we used it as a down payment for our van. Our monthly payment and insurance is $650. With gas, maintenance, and stipends for the farm and ecotours-- the yearly cost of our nature based field trips is just over $10,000.
Please support us-- we cannot do it without you!
We were invited to apply for the Medical Society of South Carolina (MSSC) grant again this year. We were awarded $5,000 from them last year for general operating expenses and are applying this year for a $10,000 grant to be used to pay off the van if we receive it.
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HEART Artist Guild & Theatre Company is a family of multi-media and performing artists for adults (21+) with special needs. People with developmental and other disabilities are often segregated and discounted by the public. Difficulties in communications, people skills and other restraints make it difficult for interaction and independent living. At HEART we believe that every individual is able to contribute a unique viewpoint on life and should have the opportunity to express that vision through art and theatre. Providing an inclusive space, art materials, and the mentorship by professional artists allows for creative expression, independence, dignity, and community integration.
MISSION: To provide an innovative art and theatre community that promotes creative expression, independence, dignity and community integration for adults with disabilities.
We are asking for the community’s financial help in supporting our transportation needs and keeping our HEART field trips alive for one year as we work to pay off our van. The yearly cost of our nature based field trips is $10,000.
This includes two field trips per month to Blissful Dreams at Tuxbury Farm on the Wando River where we ride and groom horses, do farm chores, have nature walks, make nature inspired art, engage in river play and have picnic lunches. This would also include one Ecotour per month by Barrier Island Eco Tours.
Being outdoors is an important experience for our well being and HEART's population needs it more than most. We see significant positive results from our members after having spent time immersed in nature.
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP
Some people know HEART was recently forced to restructure in order to comply with existing South Carolina state law governing services to special needs adults. Basically, the system and laws are not set up for small creative day programs like HEART. I'm grateful to have been made aware of this law, but it forced us to alter our plans on how to operate and raise money to support our ongoing services to our HEART members. We had to end our Heart’s Handmade micro-business and employment program which produced income to support our services.
Just before this change, we had purchased a HEART van to ease transportation stress and make it easier to get HEART members out into the community and into nature for art and therapy.
HEART was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Bakker Family Fund and we used it as a down payment for our van. Our monthly payment and insurance is $650. With gas, maintenance, and stipends for the farm and ecotours-- the yearly cost of our nature based field trips is just over $10,000.
Please support us-- we cannot do it without you!
We were invited to apply for the Medical Society of South Carolina (MSSC) grant again this year. We were awarded $5,000 from them last year for general operating expenses and are applying this year for a $10,000 grant to be used to pay off the van if we receive it.
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HEART Artist Guild & Theatre Company is a family of multi-media and performing artists for adults (21+) with special needs. People with developmental and other disabilities are often segregated and discounted by the public. Difficulties in communications, people skills and other restraints make it difficult for interaction and independent living. At HEART we believe that every individual is able to contribute a unique viewpoint on life and should have the opportunity to express that vision through art and theatre. Providing an inclusive space, art materials, and the mentorship by professional artists allows for creative expression, independence, dignity, and community integration.
MISSION: To provide an innovative art and theatre community that promotes creative expression, independence, dignity and community integration for adults with disabilities.
Organizer
Farrah Hoffmire
Organizer
Charleston, SC
