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A Place For Noah
Serving individuals with special needs and their families through the arts, education and community outreach.
Our Initiatives
A Place For Noah provides several community outreach initiatives like the community garden and community drum circles.
COMMUNITY GARDEN
The community garden is designed to engage individuals with special needs in activities such as digging, weeding and watering that can help with fine and gross motor development. Activities in the garden also provides an opportunity for social development.
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COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE
This community based drum circle is designed to bring together individuals with special needs and their families for a morning of music and social engagement. This effort help relieve stress and provides a platform to discuss issues relative to providing care for individuals with special needs.
Our Mission
To provide services to special needs and underserved individuals through the arts, education and community collaborations in order to promote quality living.
The Story of Noah
Noah changed our lives. Diagnosed with autism at an early age, we began our journey of how to navigate the chaotic maze of services, programs, and therapies to make him more like us. One day as I worked in the garden I inherited from my father, Noah with me, I noticed how calm he was and how he looked at the plants and smiled as if they were speaking to him. He would laugh and run up and down the rows never stepping on any plants as if he realized how delicate they were but still choosing to play this beautiful game with them as if they were playing back with him. After a couple of runs up and down the rows and laps around the entire garden, he would stop and seem to take a deep breath, then just sit content as if he were sitting with a good friend. Noah is non-verbal and totally dependent upon the care and love of others for his daily needs. But every time he came out to the garden, he became someone caring for something else-the plants along with a playfulness as if they were his friends-just playing. I believe that nature has a calming and affect on us all.
Especially those who respect and see the beauty in it.
A Place for Noah seeks to bring all, especially those with autism just what it brings our Noah. We want to share with others the healing as well as teach how to grow and bring joy no matter where they garden.
Take Part
"Let's Grow Together"
2024 Gardening Workshops
his six-part series is designed for individuals with learning disabilities, their families and the community that engages participants in learning to grow their own food in a garden. On the fourth Saturday of each month, individuals will learn step-by-step methods in growing their own food from seed to harvest.
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Community Engagement
Special Thanks to our donors
Community Drum Circles
