The Flagstone Family Center in Brooklyn, NY houses hundreds of homeless families every year. The children coming into the center have experienced a range of traumas. Some have lost relatives, while others have to support their parents through addiction. Helping these young people is a challenge. However, an innovative therapy program is making a huge impact.
Like all other children, the Flagstone kids have dreams of growing up to be pilots, scientists and basketball players. Unlike other children, circumstances beyond their control have made it harder to succeed.
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music runs a music therapy program in the family center. Every week, the children come together and learn to write, record and produce their own songs in a collaborative environment. This session is more than just a class; it’s an opportunity for the children to come to terms with their difficulties and unite through creative emotional expression.
Music therapy offers these children a lifeline. They are developing a range of skills, giving them a host of opportunities to thrive, despite their challenging situation.
However, the music therapy program at Flagstone has been facing challenges. Like many non-profit institutions, budget setbacks have affected them greatly. Low quality headphones and the lack of necessary equipment, such as audio splitters, were disrupting the children’s sessions. After learning about this, Symphonized stepped in to help.
Symphonized’s founders realized that our team could really make an impact on the lives of these children. We have donated headphones and supporting equipment to both the music therapy classes and the children. With this new equipment, the entire music therapy program at this center will be better than ever and will help the children enrich their lives.
“The new equipment helps me, because it’s given me more ideas. And I can really use these to listen to my music!”
- Shamaya. Age 10. Current Flagstone Resident
Symphonized will be donating much more of its equipment in the future to similar organizations and will be continuously looking for more opportunities to help others.
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