A Place To Be

Helping people face, navigate & overcome life's challenges using clinically-based practices of music therapy. @aptbmt

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Give Choose is HERE! We hope you will consider helping A Place To Be towards our fundraising goal today, as part of Loudoun County's biggest day of giving. Pledge your donation at the link below, and share this post to spread the word about our mission

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Summer Camp registration is now open! You can now register for our 2023 offerings on our website. Spaces fill up quickly, so make sure to register soon!

Learn more about this summer's offerings from A Place To Be:
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Early giving for #GiveChoose is now open! While Give Choose is officially March 28th, you can support A Place To Be and other local nonprofits early at the link below! Thank you to all who choose to contribute!

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This International Women's Day, we join our community in celebrating the achievements of women worldwide, and focus on the pioneers who have fought for equality and the building of a more inclusive world for all individuals, regardless of gender or or physical ability.

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A team of our music therapists is currently in Niagara Falls, New York representing A Place To Be at the Mid Atlantic Regional Music Therapy Association conference! Here they are braving the cold weather ahead of this week's events.

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Mark your calendars: Early giving for Give Choose 2023 opens one week from today! We hope you will consider supporting A Place To Be and other local nonprofits through the early giving period leading up to Give Choose day on March 28th!

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We have extended our deadline for our January 2024 internship program to April 30th! Applicants can apply on our website at: https://t.co/bAHEdB01WL

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We're proud to have been nominated for Best of Loudoun 2023! Voting is now open, with one vote allowed per day, so if you would to help spread the word about A Place To Be, you can visit over to the link below to cast your votes for 2023's nominees!

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Today is World Music Therapy Day! Today we thank our music therapists for the incredible work they do each day, both in individual sessions, and through their advocacy in the community. We couldn't ask for a better team!

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A Place To Be is one of 13 nonprofits receive funding from Loudoun County as part of the American Rescue Plan Act. Thank the Loudoun County Board for their continued support of A Place To Be and the communities we serve!

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Each week our Same Sky Group meets in Leesburg. This group facilitates friendship making and social immersion, features dancing, music, and games, and culminates in a short original show at the end of the semester

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Carina Haouchine is a young filmmaker out of Glasgow, currently at work on "Session Zero", a film showcasing the positive effects the creative play in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons can have for young people with autism.

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Our group of Pathfinders met today to rehearse for their upcoming tour, which begins next week! They'll be visiting schools throughout the county and sharing their personal stories and life experiences, singing original music, and talking questions from the audience.

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Ray's latest Music Therapy Musings blog is up now! Check it out as he discusses the intersection of craft, creativity, and therapy

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From Hampton Roads, VA: A new nonprofit aims to build community, create role models, and to get students involved with higher education through the use of drumming. Shark City Drum and Dance Corps. also offers an autism class!

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If you happen to be in or around Middleburg, be sure to pick up the latest copy of Country Zest & Style. You'll definitely want to give page 56 a read; we share the news on some of the exciting things coming up for A Place To Be!

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This week, our Immersion Group reflected on the topic of self-compassion, and group members engaged together collaborating on drawing and listening to music. Our immersion program is designed to give opportunities for friendship making and camaraderie

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Can music help restore a sense of humanity in a hospital critical care unit?

A Director of Medical Music Therapy at @aptbmt and of the Inova Healthcare System in North Virginia weighs in, on a blog post.

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We hope you will join us for this spring for "The Grumpy Bunny"! This new family musical features A Place To Be client performers and will run for two weekends at the Village At Leesburg! This free interactive family performance is aimed at kids 5 and up.

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This week Ray contemplates 'humanity' in the hospital in his Music Therapy Musings blog.

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