Breaking Stigma. Reducing Suffering. Empowering Lives.

Your gift helps create a world where mental health is visible, valued, and stigma-free.

We are Walt’s Waltz, a grassroots nonprofit founded out of loss, driven to educate and normalize conversations around mental health so that everyone can thrive. Born from the tragic loss of Walt, our organization exists to break down barriers of stigma, reduce suffering, and offer support to those who need it most.

Your donation helps us:

Spark important conversations through Painting Mental Health Workshops that use art as a tool for healing and self-expression
Provide You Matter Kits, thoughtfully packed mascot canvas totes, including watercolor paints, positive affirmations with mirrors, self-care tips, mascot pins, “Take Your Mental Health Temperature” cards, and more.
Host community presentations, tabling events, concerts, and art exhibits to share resources, raise awareness, inspire action, and create open dialogue about mental health
Create and share impactful films like Mental Health Moonshot to promote understanding and education
Support Walt’s Waltz Stigma-Free Environments – local spaces that promote acceptance, understanding, and open dialogue about mental health. Acting as Walt’s Waltz hubs they promote our programs to their employees and some to the larger community, spread awareness and more.
Increase the number of individuals attending our Painting Mental Health Workshops encourage participation by including our You Matter Kits (Sef-Care Kits), paiting for expression and self-care, education about mental health conditions and suicide awareness.
Generational Blend: Nourishing Hearts and Minds Across Generations – a program that connects seniors and youth to foster understanding, emotional healing, and intergenerational bonds through shared stories, traditional recipes, and art-based activities

Every donation moves us closer to a world where mental health is seen, supported, and prioritized—where no one has to face their struggles alone.

Donate today and be part of a movement that empowers lives and changes the conversation around mental health.

Many ways to give:

Now - June 9th Chip in for Charity provides a 25% Match.

Use our Donation Site.

Give the gift of supplies with our Amazon Wish List.

Walt’s Waltz is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit EIN 84-3226395 All donations are tax deductible.

Checks can be mailed to the following address:
Walt’s Waltz
120 St. Augustine Dr.
Greenville, SC 29615

Donate to Support Our Mission with Chip in for Charity for a 25% Match! You will be taken to our page after you complete the form. Thank You!

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Walt’s Waltz Highlights

2024 - Walt’s Waltz had an impact on over 7,200 individuals including over 1,300 attendees at our Painting Mental Health Workshops with each receiving a Self-Care Gift bag, over 900 participants in our new program, Generational Blend: Our Community Cookbooks, attended 180 in person events including advocacy, educational workshops/presentations, and tabeling events. Arranged the certification of over 350 individuals in Mental Health First Aid.

Since our start . . .

Twenty-nine Articles/News Programs have featured Walt’s Waltz
Average over 1,000 monthly page visits to our Self-Care Tips Page
Over 14,000 “Take your mental health temperature” cards have been distributed.
Walt’s Waltz Stigma-Free Environments include: Greenville Center for Creative Arts on November 6, 2020, our First Walt’s Waltz Stigma-Free Environment, USC Upstate, the City of Greenville, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, the Phoenix Center, Beta Theta Pi at Furman University, Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery, Climb@Blue Ridege, Sustaining Way, Unity Health on Main, Conestee Nature Preserve, Glow Lyric Theatre, Tracy Wright Martin Art Studio, The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, Gene Xcellence, Greenville Swamp Rabbits, iTrust Wellness, CHCF Brian, Conestee Nature Preserve, the Phillis Wheately Center, Barbara Castanaeda Studios, Repect Ya-Self, Ellie Mental Health, Carolina Literacy Project, Care Concirerge Counselors, and others.
Over 7,000 Masoct Butterflies have been colored/painted at our workshops and tabling events!
And GOODNESS, so much more!

“Glow Lyric Theatre is so honored to be a Stigma-Free Zone with Walt’s Waltz. If we are to create the best opera and musical theatre possible, then it is vital that our theatre be a space that acknowledges the importance of mental health. With the goal of the performing arts being to create empathy and understanding of the human condition, we are so proud to partner with a mental health organization like Walt’s Waltz that continues to save lives with its work. What could be more rewarding than that?”

Jenna Tamisiea Elser

Producing Artistic Director for Glow Lyric Theatre.

"Greenville Center for Creative Arts was honored to become the first Stigma-Free Zone in Upstate South Carolina and support Walt's Waltz in shedding light on the important mental health issues that affect our community. As an organization that promotes creativity and connections, GCCA's mission is enhanced by this partnership, which helps us foster a safe and welcoming space for people to express their struggles and feel supported."

Kim Fabian

Recently Retired Executive Director for Greenville Center for Creative Arts.