The Concerto Project Hosts Dinner & Presentation in Seattle for Capital Campaign

— from The Concerto Project —

Mount Baker Farm has facilities already in place to start up the Concerto Project’s two-year residential program.

The Concerto Project, an Orcas Island nonprofit with the mission “to provide young adults on the autism spectrum with the vocational, social, and practical skills necessary for engaged and sustainable futures,” will be hosting a dinner and presentation at Dahlia Lounge in Seattle on Sunday, March 6, 2016.

Guests will have the opportunity to converse about the two-year, residential Concerto Project while enjoying Dahlia’s famed menus and a presentation about the latest initiative of Concerto: a capital campaign to purchase the historic Mount Baker Farm on Orcas Island. Tickets and more information to the March 6 event at Dahlia Lounge can be found here: https://bit.ly/1nZEr2C

About the nonprofit: The Concerto Project was begun in 2013 to create a much-needed residential transition program for 18-25 year-old mid-high functioning young adults on the autism spectrum in the Pacific Northwest. The organization has earned the GuideStar USA Silver rating in recognition of their commitment to transparency and accountability: https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/47-1806269/concerto-project.aspx. The Concerto Project is also certified by Benevity to receive matching donations through employers such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, Boeing, Alaska Airlines and many others.

About the property: Mount Baker Farm is located in the “modern rural” San Juan Islands. The 80-acre dairy farm was purchased in the 1980s by Burton A. Burton and his wife, Rose, who transformed the farm into a unique property that, in addition to acres of agricultural land, includes numerous workshops, a gymnasium, a large community room, two residences, a warehouse, and a full-gauge operational railroad with two train stations. Purchase of the farm will enable The Concerto Project to meet the increasing needs of young adults with autism to develop the skills and confidence to transition to adulthood.

Statistics show that thousands of young adults in the Pacific NW and California alone are in need of such a program, and the numbers continue to rise. The plan is to build 5 program homes for 50 professional staff, interns and young adult participants. The two-year residential program at Mount Baker Farm will also work with the participants’ families so that the skills attained with The Concerto Project can be sustained in their home communities throughout the U.S.

The Concerto Project has been given a deadline of March 31st to demonstrate its fundraising capacity by reaching the first $1 million in contributions and pledges. A limited number of reservations are open for the March 6 event at Dahlia Lounge in Seattle. Tickets may be purchased at https://bit.ly/1nZEr2C

Website:     https://www.concertoproject.org
Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/theconcertoprojectonorcasisland/

The Concerto Project is a Washington 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity with 509(a)(2) status. EIN # 47-1806269