A party to mark the end of InterPlay's 25th Year!

International Day of InterPlay Celebration & Fundraiser: Pittsburgh

Connecting 13 different InterPlay communities by webcast from across the country
Sheila K Collins,PhD

Pittsburgh , PA

Saturday, October 24, 2015 • Noon to 3:30 pm

On October 24, 2015 come join InterPlayers from around the world gathering in local groups to celebrate the culmination of the 25th year of InterPlay. Des Moines guests, who will gather at Jeron X Grayson Community Center will be connecting via live webcast to a dozen groups in other regions.

We will lift up the amazing ways that InterPlay has spread to other parts of the country and the world, honor wonderful leaders both in and around InterPlay communities with “Spirit of InterPlay” awards, hear inspiring stories, invite everyone to contribute and, of course, play.

Register online now!

Come experience the InterPlay movement by connecting and playing live with InterPlayers in over a dozen different cities!

One of the current goals of the celebration of our 25th year is to add 25 new people to the Giving Wings Society, the folks who make long-term (5 years), incremental (month by month or year by year) contributions to InterPlay. Learn more about this current Giving Wings initiative.

Other events will be held in Seattle, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Berkeley, Des Moines, Allentown, Atlanta, Raleigh, Washington DC, Boston, New Haven and Chicago. More about the events in other cities.

Cost: Free!

Registration/Information: Register online using the link above

Venue

Jeron X Grayson Community Center

1852 Enoch St.,
Pittsburgh , PA 15219
Leaders
Sheila K Collins,PhD
Sheila K. Collins is the director of InterPlay Pittsburgh and the Wing & A Prayer Pittsburgh Players, an InterPlay-based performance troupe she founded in 2006 to assist human service agencies and art organizations in accomplishing their noble purposes. A former professional dancer, Sheila has described herself as a “dancing social worker” for over 40 years, throughout her careers as a therapist, social work professor, and writer.

She is the author of Stillpoint: A Playbook for Caregivers to Find Ease, Time to Breathe, and Reclaim Joy, which since its second edition, co-authored by Christine Gautreaux, has become a popular weekly online class, and Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss and the Rituals That Heal.

She’s been known to travel the country enlisting InterPlayers to help her Perform her Books, demonstrating how InterPlay tools help us get through life’s ordinary and extraordinary, “tough challenges”

Her latest book, The Art of Grieving: How Art and Artmaking Help Us Grieve, and Live Our Best Lives explores how the arts of storytelling, dance, music, and visual arts help mourners navigate episodes of grief, process loss, and extract meaning and wisdom for their future lives.

sheilakcollins@gmail.com 817 706-4967 120 Chapel Harbor Dr Pittsburgh Pa 15238

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