A Place To Be

A reminder that A Place To Be will be closed tomorrow, June 19th, in celebration of Juneteenth! Leesburg will be hosting a number of community activities this weekend, including the annual Juneteenth March for Freedom, the Juneteenth flag raising, and live music and entertainment at Ida Lee Park for this year's Juneteenth Celebration.

Learn More At The Links Below:
https://thebfrc.com/juneteenth-celebration

https://www.loudountimes.com/places/local/loudoun_county/leesburg/mark-juneteenth-with-these-leesburg-events/article_8f92208c-f4d4-4fe7-8509-9a740bc53114.html

Our team is hard at work at our staff retreat, preparing for an exciting summer season at A Place To Be! Planning is underway for summer sessions and summer camps, which kick off this Monday with our long-running "Pop Rocks" music camp! Registration is open now for Summer Social Groups - Learn more and register today at www.aplacetobeva.org/social-groups.

A reminder of our closures this coming week, as our staff prepares for the summer semester. A Place To Be will be closed all next week, with sessions resuming June 22nd. We look forward to seeing you this summer at A Place To Be!

Today we celebrate and send our best wishes to two incredible members of the A Place To Be community, Katy and Kayse, who will begin new chapters as they move out of the area.

Throughout their time with us, Katy and Kayse have brought their compassion, creativity, and joy to A Place To Be, and the clients and families they have served. Each has helped create joyful experiences and lasting connections and memories with our community here at A Place To Be. Please join us in thanking Katy and Kayse for all they have given to our community and wishing them continued success in their next steps!

The premiere performance of "Odd Ones Out" comes to Village at Leesburg this Friday at 7:00PM! This original musical is written and performed by longtime A Place To Be performers Lily Olson and Allie Stanich. Don't miss this empowering one-night-only APTB performance!

Odd Ones Out follows two adult women reflecting on their journey with autism, and how the world of theater saved them. This show is FREE, and will take place in our Mars-Schmidt Theater at our Village At Leesburg location.

When: June 12th, 7:00PM
Where: 1600 Village Market Blvd SE #108, Leesburg, VA 20175

(This Play Features Mature Mental Health Subject Matter)

Join A Place To Be for our Summer Social Groups!

This summer features Immersion Enrichment (Ages 16+), Immersion Transition (Ages 16+), and Expressive Arts (Ages 10+).

Learn more at www.aplacetobeva.org/social-groups. To register, email [email protected]

Summer Social Groups are here! This summer's offerings include Immersion Enrichment (Ages 16+), Immersion Transition (Ages 16+), and Expressive Arts (Ages 10+). Registration is open now!

Learn more at www.aplacetobeva.org/social-groups. To register, email [email protected]. We hope you'll join us this summer at A Place To Be!

A Place To Be is proud to announce that we will be hosting a special book launch event for Autism Planet (Guidance of Love) by Yalda Abnous! Yalda is one of our amazing volunteers here at A Place To Be, and will be sharing her heartwarming journey for parents everywhere, inspired by her experience parenting her daughter. We hope you will join us on June 28th, from 4:00-5:30pm at our Village At Leesburg location!

"Autism Planet" is available in Farsi, Arabic, and English. Learn more at https://theautismplanet.com/

Thank you to the Loudoun County Public Schools Special Education Advisory Committee for honoring A Place To Be as a community partner last night as part of the Excellence in Supporting Special Education awards ceremony! We want to specifically thank Christina Schmitt, Teresa Crane, and Brian Kirk for making this partnership event happen, and our very own Andres Uribe for designing the gallery exhibit!

And of course, a huge congratulations to our A Place To Be performers, with artistic manager Kyle Boardman, who represented APTB and kicked off the event with a fantastic musical performance!

Congratulations to our Capstone students for completing their time with A Place To Be! During the week, Mia, Colin, and Gabe worked on gaining job experience and assisting A Place To Be on day-to-day operations. Join us in wishing them all the best in their next steps!