A local nonprofit is spreading the message of healing and hope through the power of music.
“No one ever really thanks me for injecting them with radioactive substances, but they do happen to thank me when, when I play some music that makes them happy,” Dr. Middleton said.That’s the mission of Dreams Fulfilled Through Music, a nonprofit started by Mary Kathryn Archuleta and her daughter Kathryn in 2005.As a person living with disabilities, she knows the importance of being told you can, rather than you can’t.
“Sometimes we need to be able to feel like, hey, we’re useful too. We are able to give back to our community the same way others can,” Kathryn said. Over the past 18 years, Dreams Fulfilled Through Music has helped over 900 people of all ages and abilities learn music and share their talents across the country.“Some of them will come in completely non-verbal,” Kathryn said. “Then two or three years later, they’re singing songs.”His grandson is autistic and being a part of this organization, Villani said he has a new appreciation for the work being done.
“It’s about allowing people to be who they are and show all that they can be. And I think that’s what Dreams does,” Villani said. Sunday’s concert is Dreams Fulfilled Through Music’s big fundraiser, but there are other ways you can help keep their mission alive by clicking
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