High Hopes & Hops

Children with special needs benefit from Young Professionals enjoying Yazoo Brew

Middle Tennessee young professionals enjoy unlimited Yazoo craft brew, light delicious fare and an incredible silent auction to benefit High Hopes Development Center at the 4th annual High Hopes & Hops event at Yazoo Brewery in Nashville on Monday, September 25.

In its first three years, this event has raised almost $34,000 providing local children with special needs equal opportunities for lifelong success through a specialized, inclusive preschool learning environment and an on-site pediatric therapy clinic offering physical, occupational, speech and feeding therapies.  High Hopes & Hops was started by a High Hopes Development Center therapist and her husband, Lori & Ricky Scott, and is run by the High Hopes therapy and teaching staff with funds from the event supporting life-changing programs for children with special needs and continuing education for the therapists that treat them as well as much needed supplies for the classrooms.

High Hopes Development Center is a 33-year non-profit organization that loves, nurtures, and educates children with two integrated programs helping each child reach their maximum potential.  Children ages 6 weeks to Pre-K, with and without special needs, are educated together in inclusive preschool classrooms by a team of experienced teachers supporting the individual needs of each child. High Hopes is the only inclusive preschool in Williamson County with an on-site pediatric therapy clinic, allowing children to receive therapy services during their preschool day. High Hopes is truly unique in the way that children with and without special needs such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other developmental delays play, learn, and grow together every day. The outpatient pediatric therapy clinic provides children from birth to 21 years multiple therapies in one location: occupational, speech, physical, and feeding. High Hopes gives children of all intellectual, physical and mental abilities the equal opportunity to learn and grow together in an environment that provides a strong foundation for lifelong academic and social success. The mission of High Hopes Development Center is to equip children, youth, and their families with the skills necessary to achieve success through education, therapeutic services, and loving support.

To Purchase Tickets to High Hopes & Hops, visit http://www.highhopesforkids.org/high-hopes-hops/

For more information, visit www.highhopesforkids.org.

Video of High Hopes, visit https://youtu.be/FoJige5d-m0