When: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Benefiting: A Place To Be
Where: Bluemont Station Brewery & Winery
A Place to Be was founded in 2010 by Tom Sweitzer and Kim Tapper. Our mission is to create community, belonging, and hope through music therapy, performance, and the expressive arts. We serve all ages with a large focus on youth and young adults with disabilities, medical, and mental health challenges.
We provide individual therapy sessions focused on a wide variety of clinical goals such as improving speech, motor skills, cognition, sensory or emotional processing, and learning mental health resiliency tools. As well as therapeutic social groups that work on self-expression, friendship making, and reducing isolation and loneliness. Parent support and wrap-around services are offered for families to increase their quality of life and success.
We deliver an array of performance opportunities featuring our clients and focused on advocacy, education, self-expression, confidence building, while teaching about empathy, inclusion, acceptance, and mental wellness and coping skills. Our summer camps are filled with fun, friendship-making, creative expression, and more.
We are Inova Hospital System’s provider of medical music therapy across all five of their hospitals from the NICU to end-of-life care, pediatrics, oncology, behavioral health, and the ICU. We also provide music therapy services to community partners such as Echo, Makom, Jill’s House, and The Keller School.
Forty percent (40%) of all A Place To Be families receive some portion of financial aid support. Since inception, we have maintained that struggles with finances should not be a barrier to therapeutic services or to having access to community performances and social engagement for families.
A Place To Be is a nonprofit 501(c) (3)* with locations in Middleburg and Leesburg.
For more information, please visit our website aplacetobeva.org.
*Sponsors will receive a donation receipt.
Guest Speaker: Mark Moseley
It is an honor to announce as our distinguished event speaker, former Washington Redskin’s placekicker, Mark Moseley. Mark’s illustrious 16-year NFL career includes the Washington Redskin’s 1983 Super Bowl team and induction into the NFL Ring of Fame. Mark is currently the Director of Franchise Sales at Five Guys.
Host Committee: Charles Harbaugh, IV
We are pleased to announce that Charles Harbaugh, IV, esteemed Mayor of Middletown, VA, will be joining us as a member of the Host Committee Charles is also the CEO of the nonprofit Access Independence, which serves people with disabilities in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Charles is also an adjunct professor of business at Laurel Ridge Community College.
Host Committee: Bill and Debi Alexander
It is with great honor we welcome former Congressman Bill Alexander and
his brilliant wife, Debi Alexander. Bill represented the state of Arkansas
from 1969-1993 and served as Chief Deputy Majority Whip and member of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee. Debi is the current Executive Director
of Specially Adapted Resource Clubs (SPARC) and the Communications Chair of the NOVA Foundation.
Host Committee: Tracy Hamlin
We are delighted to announce that Tracy Hamlin, the renowned global singer, songwriter, and owner of the Loudoun County Sweet Jazz Concert Series will be joining us at this year’s event. Tracy’s exceptional talent and passion for music have captivated audiences around the world. Tracy was previously former Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice Chairperson of the Visit Loudoun Tourist Board.
For questions, please reach out to group admins or email: thesocialcollectives@gmail.com
