Early Giving for Hudson Valley Gives 2026 is Now Open!

Early giving for Hudson Valley Gives 2026 is officially underway, and your support can begin making a difference today! 

This year, our campaign is focused on expanding and strengthening our Music Therapy program, helping ensure that more patients and families throughout our community have access to the comfort, connection, and relief music can provide during life’s most meaningful moments. 

Music has a unique ability to reach places where words often cannot. A familiar song can spark cherished memories. A gentle melody at the bedside can ease anxiety and create moments of peace. The sound of a favorite instrument can bring emotional support when it is needed most.

Through your generosity, donations made during this year’s campaign will help provide:

• Stipends and certification opportunities to help support future music therapists
• Personalized music therapy sessions for patients and families
• Specialized instruments and therapeutic tools
• Expanded community access to music therapy through event support
• Support for children’s bereavement programming, helping young individuals and families navigate through grief

Every gift helps ensure no one faces life’s most difficult moments without the comfort and support music therapy can bring.

A CAMPAIGN WITH A LITTLE EXTRA SPLASH

This year, your support could do more than help advance our mission, it could make a SPLASH!

Our 2026 campaign is being powered by the passion, energy, and leadership of several members of our Executive Team, who are stepping up in support of our Music Therapy program:

• Michael S. Kaminski, MPH, FACHE – President & CEO
• Ingrid Forte, RN, CHPN – Executive Director of HV Hospice House
• Christina Myers, SPHR, SHRM-SCP – VP of Human Resources
• Thomas Vaculik – VP of Facilities and Information Services
• Jason Wertheim, RN, CHPN – VP of Patient Services
• Lisa Wilson – Executive Director of the Foundation & VP of Marketing

If we reach our fundraising goals, these dedicated leaders have agreed to take a turn in a dunk tank at our Employee Appreciation Event on June 17th at our main office.

Each Executive who raises $2,500 will be dunked, and if our campaign reaches $10,000 overall, our President and CEO will join them in the tank as well!

* When making your donation, please be sure to select the option to make your gift “in honor of or in memory of someone” and include the name of the Executive you would like your contribution counted towards. This helps us accurately track progress toward our campaign goal.

GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE

Every dollar truly makes such a difference. Whether your gift helps provide a calming bedside session, supports a grieving child or family through music, funds therapeutic resources, or helps train future music therapists, your generosity creates meaningful moments of comfort, dignity, and peace for those we serve.

Show your support by giving, or help by sharing our mission with friends, family, and colleagues and encouraging them to join the campaign.

Donate early and often, and be sure to visit hvgives.org on May 20 to give where you live and help us bring the healing power of Music Therapy to even more members of our community!