My Nonprofit Reviews

Hope kids has provided so many life giving, fun activities for our family that we wouldn’t get to experience otherwise! It is so nice to have access to events where our kids are safe to be themselves and get a break from clinics, hospitals etc.

When we walked through the Out on a Limb studio doors four years ago we had no idea how special the community that we would find there would become to us! Our daughter had been begging to take dance so we went looking for a place that would be performing arts based, body positive, nurturing, and have some kind of scholarships available due to a rough season we were in. Little did we know our lives were bound to become even more challenging when our second born child faced a host of serious medical complications and frequent hospitalizations, but through it all, OOAL was a constant, safe, and supportive space for our oldest that provided a much needed respite from everything going on outside. There was always space for us there. Our little warrior is doing well and now has so much joy following in big sisters footsteps with camps and classes at out on a limb-in fact, our family has grown in the last four years and now there are three kiddos (and a parent) who have had the pleasure of taking classes there. We would’ve had to given up dance long ago at any other studio and have been so fortunate to have found on a limb because the support we’ve received there goes far beyond dance education- they are like family. We are so grateful for everything the studio is to our family!

Out on a Limb is a community like no other! My middle kiddo has been in and out of the hospital 13 times in her 2.5 years of life and had 7 neurosurgeries to date and they have gone above and beyond to support our family. It has been a place of stability and consistency for my oldest and a place where all of us have always known it’s okay to be exactly where we are at. At any other studio we would’ve had to cut dance out long ago due to the financial implications of an ongoing medical crises but they have always held space for both my oldest, and now the neurosurgery warrior in the extensions program. It is a place where my kiddos can be normal and that we know we can always count on. OOAL truly functions like a (healthy)family and genuinely creates space where everyone is welcome.