Your gift to Songs & Smiles will bring joy to people living with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia.
Your gift will directly impact families in north Texas, brining joy to people through SINGALONG SHOWS and our JOYFUL MEMORIES, our dementia-friendly magazine. These programs help people living with dementia connect with family and friends, as well as with their own memories and emotions.
Songs & Smiles is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization built with the mission of keeping families connected during the Alzheimer’s journey. Our work is supported primarily by donations from generous individuals. Songs & Smiles also has been awarded generous grants from The Pollination Project, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA), and AWARE, a fund of The Dallas Foundation.
Together, we can provide joy for the Alzheimer's journey.
Keeping families connected during the Alzheimer's journey.
DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY MAGAZINE
We create and produce Joyful Memories, a dementia-friendly magazine. Thanks to a generous grant from the AWARE Fund at The Dallas Foundation, we have distributed thousands of magazines free of charge to people in Dallas and Collin counties.
We need additional funding to:
1. Produce new issues of Joyful Memories.
Launching a new issue (design, writing, photo rights, and initial print run of 750 copies) costs about $5,000.
After we produced "The Dogs Issue," a cat-lover from North Richland Hills, Texas, generously donated $5,000, allowing us to publish "The Cats Issue." That donation is bringing joy to people living with dementia, helping them connect with memories and emotions, as well as with family and friends.
2. Your gift of $80 allows us to give 20 magazines to a care home to share with their residents.
3. Your gift of $7,000 allows us to distribute 3,000 copies of our latest issue free of charge to people in North Texas living with dementia.
SINGALONGS
We have presented hundreds of singalong shows in North Texas. We want to train and equip volunteer singalong leaders to present more shows for more people.
1. Your gift of $500 could pay for speakers, microphones, tablets, TVs, and other equipment used to present our interactive singalong shows.
2. Your gift of $50 allows us to create a custom recording and a new video for use in our singalong shows.
Songs & Smiles is committed to keeping families connected during the Alzheimer's journey. Alzheimer's can impact anyone, but underserved communities are less likely to have access to care and support services. We want to help change that.
We work to help people living with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia connect with family, friends, and communities. We build everything we do from these core values:
THOUGHTFULNESS (listening, caring, cherishing each moment, and paying attention to details)
AUTHENTICITY (being honest in all situations)
CONNECTIONS (cherishing relationships and quality time spent together)
CURIOSITY (a willingness and eagerness to learn something new every day)
JOY (celebrating smiles, laughter, singing, and dancing)
View our current participation opportunities.
In-Person Volunteering
Community Singalong Support
Vine Arts & Events Center
Ongoing opportunity
In-Person Volunteering
Volunteer Singalong Leader
TBD (near where you live)
Ongoing opportunity
In-Person Event
Community Singalongs in Grapevine
Vine Arts & Events Center
Ongoing opportunity
Organization name
Songs & Smiles
Causes
Health Care, Seniors, Social Services
Operating Budget
$100,000 - $249,999
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
129 S MAIN ST STE 260