Wahlbangers Drum Circle Organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

(based in Los Angeles, CA.) dedicated to

“Banging down walls” of stigma, loneliness, and stress

& building up inclusion, acceptance, and empowerment

with the therapeutic benefits of interactive group drumming.



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Wahlbangers Drum Circle Organization
North Hollywood, CA
wahlbangers@yahoo.com

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COVID-19 UPDATE (May 2022):

TO OUR HIGHLY VALUED CLIENTS:

Our facilitators are so happy to be back to work and sharing joyful rhythms again!

Out of an abundance of caution, the Wahlbangers Organization is

CURRENTLY SCHEDULING OUTDOOR (ONLY)

Therapeutic & Recreational Drum Circle Events.

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Recent & UPCOMING EVENTS:

Our scheduled

 therapeutic & recreational

interactive group drumming activities...

   Contact Us for details &

Volunteer opportunities!



 


 

March 2022 Events

Fragile X Association of Southern California - "FRAXSOCAL" 

San Dimas

 

 

April 2022 Events

Skull & Roses Festival

Ventura 

 

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor!

 

 

May 2022 Events

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor! 

 

NAMI Walks LA County

We invite you to take part in NAMI’s largest and most successful mental health awareness and annual fundraising event in the country!  Join the movement to raise awareness of mental illness and raise funds to help local individuals & families!

 

 

Church of the Valley - Developmental Preschool        Van Nuys 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2022 Events

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor!  

 

 

Center For Children, School Age Program, K-6th -La Crescenta

 

 

 

Annual International Make Music Day!



 


July 2022 Events

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor! 

 



 

 

August 2022 Events

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor! 

 

 

September 2022 Events

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor! 

 

 

June Lake Jam Festival 

June Lake (Mammoth)

 

 

October 2022 Events

 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor! 

 

 

November 2022 Events

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor!

 

 

 

 

December 2022 Events 

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 

WEEKLY Events

Wahlbangers Organization is a Federally Authorized VA Vendor!  

 

Communities Served (listed A-Z)



"Resilient Rhythms" Program...

VETERANS

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System -                  West LA VA & Sepulveda VA

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System - Loma Linda VA

VA Long Beach Healthcare System, SCI/D (Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders) Center -            Long Beach VA


"Resilient Rhythms" Program...

PRESENTATIONS

Chapman University -              Dept.of Physical Therapy,        Crean College of Health and Behavioral Science                        Bi-Annual "Stroke Boot Camp"      Rinker Health Science Campus - Irvine


"Resilient Rhythms" Program...

SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES

Los Angeles Rehabilitation & Wellness Centre - Los Angeles

Topanga Terrace Rehabilitation & Subacute - Canoga Park





SPECIAL NEEDS (neurological conditions, developmental disabilities)


4p- Support Groups - Los Angeles


Angelman Syndrome Foundation Los Angeles, CA. / Aurora, IL.


BCR, "a place to grow" -     Serving children and adults with developmental disabilities -Burbank


Braille Institute - Los Angeles

Braille Institute Outreach & Support Group Programs ~ multiple locations


D.E.A.F. (Deaf Education And Families) Project - CSUN Campus, Northridge


Fragile X Association of Southern California - "FRAXSOCAL"


Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center - Los Angeles


Hidden Wings - "Unfurling the gifts of Autism" - Solvang


KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) - "...recreational opportunities for children and young adults with developmental and physical disabilities" - Los Angeles


Leaps n Boundz - adaptive sports and recreation program for children and young adults with special needs - Los Angeles


LeRoy Haynes Educational Center - La Verne


New Horizons-SFV             "Ohana Rhythms" Community Integration Program

("Serving Adults with Developmental Disabilities since 1954") - North Hills


Pomeroy Recreation & Rehabilitation Center (...providing opportunity and respect, embracing diversity, and inspiring people of all ages with disabilities to live a full life.) - San Francisco


Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District - Alternative Recreation Program - Simi Valley


Special Olympics World Games - Los Angeles 2015


The Help Group Autism Center - Sherman Oaks & Culver City

The Help Group - Kids Like Me (programs created especially for children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Developmental Challenges)

The Help Group - Stepping Stones Preschool

The Help Group - Project Safe


Tierra Del Sol - Sunland Campus

Tierra Del Sol Foundation (...to increase opportunities for people with disabilities to participate, contribute, and succeed as productive and valued citizens of our community) - Van Nuys


"Resilient Rhythms" Program...

United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles, Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties


Valley Village (Serving adults with developmental challenges)               - Winnetka


Young-Nak Presbyterian Church - WANA Special Education Program - Los Angeles





MENTAL HEALTH / PSYCH REHAB FACILITIES


ActivCare at Brittany House (Alzheimer's Residential Memory Care) - Long Beach


Alliance El Monte Care Center (Alzheimer's /Dementia lockdown) - El Monte


Children's Hospital Los Angeles


Clearview Sanitarium & Convalescent Center    (Alzheimer's /Dementia lockdown) - Gardena


Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services - Los Angeles


Mayflower Care Center (Alzheimer's /Dementia lockdown) - El Monte


Meadowbrook Manor Behavioral Health Center (Psychiatric Lockdown) - Mar Vista


Metropolitan State Hospital - Forensic Compound (Psychiatric Lockdown) - Norwalk


NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) - San Fernando Valley / Los Angeles County


Riverside Behavioral Healthcare Center (Psychiatric Lockdown) - Riverside


Santa Fe Lodge (Psychiatric Lockdown) - El Monte


Shandin Hills Behavioral Health Center (Psychiatric Lockdown) - San Bernardino


Sylmar Health & Rehabilitation Center (Psychiatric Lockdown) - Sylmar



 

PRESENTATIONS / EDUCATION / CEUs / RESOURCE WORKSHOPS


4p- Support Groups National Convention 2016


California Park & Recreation Society - Annual Conference for Recreation Therapists


Cal Poly University -        California State Polytechnic University - Department of Kinesiology & Health Promotion - Pomona


"Resilient Rhythms" Program...

Chapman University -              Dept.of Physical Therapy,        Crean College of Health and Behavioral Science                        Bi-Annual "Stroke Boot Camp"      Rinker Health Science Campus - Irvine


Claremont Folk Festival        (Annual Event) - Claremont


Family Focus Resource Center - Annual Special Needs Resource Fair - CSUN Campus, Northridge


Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles


JAS Therapeutic Recreation Educational Services - Palmdale


Kiwanis Club of Burbank

Kiwanis Club of Simi Valley


Kling Consultant Group, Cheryl L. Kling, MS, CTRS - Los Angeles


National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Los Angeles/Long Beach


North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce - Northridge


Rotary Club - Chatsworth


Simi Valley High School -          Simi Valley


Simi Valley Public Library -    Simi Valley


Skull & Roses Festival - Ventura



 

HEAD START & Preschools, and School Age K-6th

"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program...


Center For Children, School Age Program, K-6th - La Crescenta


Church of the Valley - Developmental Preschool -        Van Nuys


Church of the Valley -     Children's Ministry Program -       Van Nuys


Divine Providence Preschool & Kindergarten - Los Angeles


Head Start Program -- Volunteers of America of Los Angeles - multiple locations:

Azteca Dangler Head Start & State Preschool - Los Angeles

Buen Principio II Head Start -     San Fernando

Centro Aztlan Head Start -          East Los Angeles

Cesar Chavez Head Start - Wilmington

Corazon De La Familia Head Start - North Hollywood

Downey Road Head Start -          Los Angeles

El Caminito Head Start - Sun Valley

El Centro Head Start - Sylmar

El Jardin De Ninos Head Start - North Hollywood

El Pueblo De Ninos Head Start & Early Head Start -North Hollywood

Family Socialization Days -  multiple sites

Greater Emmanuel Head Start - Lynwood

Home Base Program - multiple sites

Hawthorne Head Start - Hawthorne

Humphreys Head Start -               East Los Angeles

La Escuelita Head Start -          North Hollywood

La Esperanza Head Start -           Sun Valley

Learning Center Head Start - Lomita

Little Steps Head Start -            North Hollywood

Los Colores Head Start -        Harbor City

Maud Booth Family Center -    North Hollywood

Philip Saeta Learning Center Head Start - Sunland

Plainview Head Start - Tujunga

Salazar Park Head Start -            East Los Angeles

Santa Clarita Head Start -        Santa Clarita

Silva Head Start - Los Angeles

Strathern Park Head Start - Sun Valley

Sunol Head Start - Los Angeles

Sushine Head Start - Los Angeles





SENIORS - Centers, Apartment Communities, Independent Living, Assisted living, Alzheimer's/Memory Care

& SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES

"Rejuvenating Rhythms" Program...


Alcott Rehabilitation Hospital (Korean Residents) - Los Angeles


Alexandria Care Center -              Los Angeles


AltaMed PACE ~ Senior Day Program - Downey

AltaMed PACE ~ Senior Day Program - East L.A.

AltaMed PACE ~ Senior Day Program - South L.A. (Watts)


Atria Park Senior Living -              Pacific Palisades

Atria Woodbridge Senior Living - Irvine


Bay Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre - Long Beach


Beverly Towers Senior Apartments - Montebello


Brighton Convalescent Center - Pasadena


California Mission Inn      (Assisted Living & Memory Care) - Rosemead


Camarillo Healthcare Center - Camarillo


Canterbury Village Senior Apartments - Santa Clarita


Castle Argyle Senior Apartments - Los Angeles


Canyon Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center -           Canoga Park


Canyon Trails (Assisted Living & Memory Care) - Canoga Park


Centinela Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre West - Inglewood


Charlie's Residential Care (Assisted Living, Hospice and Memory Care) - West Los Angeles


Chatsworth Park Health Care Center - Chatsworth


CityView Senior Apartments - Long Beach


Concord Huntington Senior Apartments - Huntington Park


Country Manor Healthcare - Lakeview Terrace


Country Villa Health Services, Corporate Office - Los Angeles


Country Villa South - Los Angeles


Country Villa Terrace -              Los Angeles


Country Villa Wilshire Healthcare Center - Los Angeles


Culver West Convalescent Health Center - Los Angeles


East Terrace Rehabilitation & Wellness Centre - Los Angeles


Fountain Care Center (SNF) - Orange


Fountainview at Gonga Westside (Memory Care /Alzheimer's Lockdown) Los Angeles Jewish Home - Playa Vista


Four Seasons Healthcare & Wellness Center -                     North Hollywood

Four Seasons Assisted Living Center - North Hollywood


Golden State Colonial Convalescent Center -             North Hollywood


Highland Care Center of Redlands - Redlands


Hillcrest Retirement Community - La Verne


Huntington Gardens Senior Apartments - Huntington Beach


Inglewood Healthcare Center - Inglewood


Joslyn Adult Center - Burbank


Keiro Nursing Home -                Los Angeles


Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation-Foothill - Glendora


Laurel Canyon Retirement Community - North Hollywood


Lawndale Healthcare & Wellness Centre - Lawndale


Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging - Eisenberg Village - Reseda

Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging - Grancell Village - Reseda


"Resilient Rhythms" Program...

Los Angeles Rehabilitation & Wellness Centre - Los Angeles


Lynwood Healthcare Center - Lynwood


Mainplace Post Acute - Orange


Marina Pointe Healthcare & Subacute - Culver City


Mission Care Center - Rosemead


Nazareth House (Catholic Retirement Community) -              Los Angeles


North Palms Rehabilitation & Wellness Centre - Los Angeles


Olive Court Senior Apartments - Burbank


Olympia Convalescent Hospital - Los Angeles


Oxnard Manor Healthcare Center - Oxnard


Palmcrest Grand Residence           (Assisted Living & Memory Care)   - Long Beach


Parkwest Healthcare Center - Reseda


Pasadena Senior Center -Pasadena


Pine Grove Healthcare & Wellness Centre - San Gabriel


Providence Gardens Senior Apartments - Long Beach


Providence St. Elizabeth Care Center - North Hollywood


Santa Monica Pavilion (Assisted Living, Hospice and Memory Care) - West Los Angeles


South Pasadena Convalescent Hospital - South Pasadena


Sunny View Care Center - Alhambra


Sunnyside Nursing Center - Torrance


Sunrise Senior Living Alta Loma - Rancho Cucamonga

Sunrise Senior Living Canyon Crest - Riverside

Sunrise Senior Living Studio City (Reminiscence Unit) - Studio City

Sunrise Senior Living Woodland Hills - Woodland Hills


The Center at Parkwest - Reseda


The Springs Healthcare Center (SNF) - Murrieta


The Watermark at Beverly Hills "Boutique Assisted Living"  - Beverly Hills 


"Resilient Rhythms" Program...

Topanga Terrace Rehabilitation & Subacute - Canoga Park


Vernon Healthcare Center -       Los Angeles


Villa Gardens Retirement Community (Independent Living; Assisted Living; Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing; Memory Care) - Pasadena


Villas at San Bernardino (Assisted Living & Memory Care) -            San Bernardino


Vista Cove Care Center       (Largest M.S. treatment facility in CA) - Long Beach


Vista Cove Care Center- Rialto


Vista Del Sol Care Center -     Culver City


Windsor Gardens of Hawthorne - Hawthorne

Windsor Gardens Healthcare of the Valley - North Hollywood


Woods Health Services - La Verne







PAST EVENTS: 




 2019 Events Summary

Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 295 drum circle sessions during 2019, serving over 6,000 participants in groups of Veterans, Seniors, Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents, Adults & Youth with Developmental Disabilities, Residents at in-patient lockdown facilities, Children at Head Start / Preschool sites, and attendees at some special events.

We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Sylmar, Santa Clarita, Valencia, Camarillo, Ventura, Culver City, Hawthorne, Lynwood, Downey, Lomita, Harbor City, Wilmington, Long Beach, Anaheim, Orange, Irvine, Pasadena, San Gabriel, El Monte, San Dimas, Pomona, San Bernardino, as well as Mammoth Lakes and San Francisco!

Communities Served:

SPECIAL NEEDS (neurological conditions, developmental disabilities)

"Ohana Rhythms" Program...105 Sessions at 8 Facilities

SENIORS - Centers, Apartment Communities, Independent Living, Assisted living, Alzheimer's/Memory Care &         Skilled Nursing Facilities

"Rejuvenating Rhythms" Program...80 Sessions at 22 Facilities

HEAD START & Preschools

"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program... 74 Sessions at 19 Schools

MENTAL HEALTH / PSYCH REHAB FACILITIES

"Rejuvenating Rhythms" Program...8 Sessions at 4 Facilities

VETERANS

"Resilient Rhythms" Program...8 Sessions at 1 VA Campus

PRESENTATIONS/EDUCATION/CEUs/RESOURCE WORKSHOPS 

Special Events...20 Sessions at 10 Locations, including... 


November 6th, 2019

"Stroke Boot Camp" - Fall Session

 

The Wahlbangers Organization works in collaboration with Dr. Alison McKenzie, PT, DPT, Ph.D of the Department of Physical Therapy.  We will again provide & facilitate our “Resilient Rhythms” therapeutic & fun drum circle program at Chapman University Physical Therapy Department's “Stroke Boot Camp” Fall Session with 20 stroke survivors accompanied by P.T. intern students & staff!  This is our 6th year participating in the camp, and we thank Dr. McKenzie for inviting us to come back!


October 20th, 2019

Annual Special Needs Resource Fair

Join us for all-inclusive Drum Circles: 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

Celebrating 5 years since our first event here!

 


October 5th, 2019

Annual NAMI Walks LA County

We invite you to take part in NAMI’s largest and most successful mental health awareness and fundraising event in the country!  Join the movement to raise awareness of mental illness and raise funds to help local individuals & families!

This is the Wahlbangers Organization's 6th year supporting the annual NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Walks Los Angeles County!

          Our facilitators & volunteers will again be "Banging out Stigma" during energizing & team building group drumming for the thousands of Walk Participants at the Start Line & Finish Line!

Grand Park Event Lawn in Downtown Los Angeles



 www.namiwalks.org/losangelescounty 


 September 2nd, 2019

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System - West Los Angeles Medical Center

Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation & Treatment Program

Wahlbangers hosted & facilitated a Holiday Pizza Party Drum Circle!

Sponsored by LC Pizza (Little Caesars, 2602 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90031)


 August 9th, 2019

Lanterman Regional Center - Annual Back-to-School Resource Fair



We will again provide & facilitate our “Ohana Rhythms” all-inclusive & interactive fun drum circle program for youth with developmental disabilities and their families attending this event!


 June 26th, 2019

"Stroke Boot Camp" - Summer Session

 

We will again provide & facilitate our “Resilient Rhythms” therapeutic & fun drum circle program at Chapman University Physical Therapy Department's “Stroke Boot Camp” Summer Session with 20 stroke survivors accompanied by P.T. intern students & staff!  This is our 6th year participating in the camp, and we thank Dr. Ito for inviting us to come back! 


May 19th, 2019

Angelman Syndrome Foundation National Walk: Los Angeles - Shane's Inspiration at Griffith Park

Wahlbangers will provide & facilitate our 8th Annual Family Fun Drum Circles for all of the Angels and Walkers!


 May 10th, 2019

 

Wahlbangers Officers / Facilitators

will give a Presentation, Lecture & Drumming Workshop -- this marks our 6th year presenting -- at

Cal Poly University Pomona

for a class of future teachers, who will be joined by a class of local Jr. High students with special needs, in the Dept. of Kinesiology & Health Promotion 



 

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North Hollywood, CA
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