2020 Medical SLP Holiday Giving List
Consider donating to SLP non-profits that are working to meet needs in the US and overseas.
Fun fact: each organization listed below is founded by an SLP.
The Dysphagia Outreach Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide meaningful assistance to individuals affected by dysphagia.
To facilitate this mission, we aim to collect and distribute dysphagia supplies to individuals in need, establish a dysphagia awareness advocacy program, provide education services relating to appropriate prescription and use of dysphagia supplies, and assist in establishing a network of interconnected dysphagia support groups across the country.
Small Steps in Speech assists children with speech and language disorders by funding supplemental therapies and treatments for individuals. Our goal is to give children the chance to better express themselves in the world in which we live.
Since 2009, Small Steps in Speech has awarded over $1,000,000 in grants to over 800 deserving families across the country.
Hope Speaks strives to provide speech therapy and rehabilitation services for children in a country where these services are nearly non-existent. We work diligently to make high-quality speech therapy and rehabilitation services available to all children in Uganda, from the capital city of Kampala to surrounding communities and remote villages.
Smiles for Speech provides children with special needs living in impoverished communities with the therapeutic intervention and resources they need to enhance their ability to reach their full potential.
The Navajo Nation, which is over 27,000 square miles, has the most COVID-19 infections per capita. Many students do not have access to WiFi and the virus has led to decreased access to important educational resources like in-person schooling, summer programs, and camps. These books will be a huge support to young Navajo children during these tough times by bringing light to their traditional stories of resilience.
We are raising money to support Diné authors and children by buying Diné children’s books and sending them out to children for free through local COVID-19 Relief packages for families in Navajo Nation.
According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2018, less than 1% of published children’s books featured Indigenous characters. This means that Indigenous children have little access to characters that look like them, to books that are in their language, and to authors with their cultural background.
Did I miss any other notable SLP non-profits? Tell me in the comments!