"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 with 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.
*As we are a charitable organization, all donations to Samaritan Place will be issued tax receipts.
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.
*As we are a charitable organization, all donations to Samaritan Place will be issued tax receipts.
If you'd like to write a cheque, please make the cheque payable to Samaritan Place and put in the memo line Don't Stop the Music Fundraiser. Please mail or drop your cheque off at the below address.
Samaritan Place
375 Cornish Road
Saskatoon, SK S7T 0P3
If you have any questions, please contact Tammy, our Director of Life Enhancement at treihl@samaritanplace.ca
Samaritan Place
375 Cornish Road
Saskatoon, SK S7T 0P3
If you have any questions, please contact Tammy, our Director of Life Enhancement at treihl@samaritanplace.ca
Check out AM 650's interview with Alanna, found here.
If you'd like to learn more about Music Therapy, please check out the below links.
Geriatrics - Music Therapy Association of BC
Music Therapy In Alzheimer and Dementia Care
Who Benefits from Music Therapy?
Geriatrics - Music Therapy Association of BC
Music Therapy In Alzheimer and Dementia Care
Who Benefits from Music Therapy?