"I can't believe how much it helps and soothes," exclaimed one Samaritan Place resident, and we here at Samaritan couldn't agree more! Music Therapy at Samaritan Place is funded only through donations, so we're inviting you to join us in raising $150 000.

Our audacious goal is to fundraise enough to support a 3-year position for our current Music Therapist, Alanna, and to provide our home with a PA system whereby we can offer music and meaningful communications for all residents.

Music therapy is evidence-based and research-informed. Music therapists set resident-specific goals and follow treatment plans. Music is the modality of a meaningful, therapeutic relationship and music is "used as a means to substantial, and often permanent, non-musical treatment outcomes." Furthermore, a 2021 study has shown that "music can still quicken and communicate despite the hardest challenges; can continue to carry a message of hope, consolation, joy...despite everything." (Click here to read the full study.)

Will you join us in keeping the music going? Please click the "Keep the Music Going" button to donate online.