USING MUSIC TO EDUCATE, MOTIVATE, & INSPIRE PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM LIFE CHALLENGES

IoH'S COVID-19 ANNOUNCEMENT

Please note that all on-site programs have been suspended, effective immediately. In keeping with our mission of providing musical wellness to people in recovery from mental heath and substance use challenges, IoH is moving to a video-conferencing platform in order to accommodate the people we serve in the wake of the Coronavirus. Please contact us at 301-648-5235 if you or your program are interested in these online services. Our regular fees will apply for this unique programming. See our announcement below for details.

HAS MUSIC BEEN PART OF YOUR RECOVERY PROCESS??

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IoH would also like to thank The Phase Foundation for helping to make our programming possible.

Instruments of Healing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that uses musical programming to positively affect and inspire those in recovery from mental health and substance use challenges. This past fiscal year, we infused music into the recovery of over 1,600 unique participants living in Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, and beyond.

We are asking for your support in helping IoH to put a song in the hearts of those in recovery throughout the region with your generosity. Your tax-deductible monetary or in-kind instrument donation will have a direct impact on the recovery of those we help.

To make a monetary donation, please use the button below to be re-directed to a secure donation platform through Network for Good.

To donate an instrument, please CLICK HERE, and then please email or call us to begin the donation process.

A third way to support Instruments of Healing is through AmazonSmile. When you buy through AmazonSmile, Amazon donates a percentage of each purchase to the designated charity of your choice. Make us your AmazonSmile charity by going to smile.amazon.com and choosing Instruments of Healing.

IoH and the people we serve thank you for your generosity in contributing to the musical wellness of people in recovery!!

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WHAT DOES IOH DO?

Instruments of Healing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, with the mission of creating interactive musical experiences that inspire
our peers in their recovery from mental health and substance use challenges. The programs presented by IoH include discussion about using music in recovery, introduction to new instruments, instrumental experimentation, group jamming, solo singing, sing-alongs, and "musical peer support." This unique mobile peer-run, peer-based organization brings a range of professional-grade musical instruments for our program participants to play during the many programs we give throughout Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and beyond. During the programs, our participants lend each other a unique form of musical peer support that is non-judgmental, safe, encouraging, and supportive. Our peers teach each other, share their skills and talents, listen attentively to each other perform, and bond together over music. Confidence and self-esteem are consequently fostered during the IoH music-making experience, moods and spirits are lifted, and skills acquired are often used and transferred to help people in their daily wellness.

For the past six years, Dr. Alicia Lucksted at the University of Maryland has helped IoH to develop ways to measure and track the success of our program in helping peers with their recovery process. In particular, we have focused on the realms of personal growth, use of music as a daily wellness tool, and mood improvement. The results over the years have consistently indicated that our organization is making a significant difference and impact on helping peers in the Maryland and DC regions in their personal wellness and recovery through the use of music. Would you like to find out how to make this happen for you, or bring the IoH program to the behavioral health program/s you attend or work for?

IF YOU WOULD LIKE To learn more, CLICK HERE

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IoH ON THE AIRWAVES.....

IoH is proud to announce that our co-founders and main staff members, Andy Goldenson and Sabrina Schram, were interviewed by ElevatedRadioFM, an internet radio station from Long Island (New York), on Friday, June 14th, 2019. An archived recording of the interview has been posted on their website at:

https://elevatedradiofm.com/shows-archive/andrew-goldenson-06-14-19/

Please share this information with anyone you think would be interested in learning more about IoH and how we use music to help in the wellness & recovery of our peers.

A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS....

From left to right, top to bottom: A very generously donated Pearl Reference 6-piece rack drum set, a selection of our brass instruments on display (all generously donated), two signs made for IoH by the clients at the Mosaic Belcamp PRP location on our 1-year anniversary of musical programming with them, and our IoH velcro board display that we bring to conferences and health fairs. As Julie Andrews once famously sang...."These are a few of our favorite things......"