Why are we called Shapes in the Clouds?

To emphasize the importance of using our imagination, of strengthening our creative muscles, and using creative expression as a tool for accelerating healing and kindling hope

2026 Featured Partners

Each year, Shapes in the Clouds will partner with local providers featuring one nature therapy group, one music therapy group, and one art therapy group. Please help us elevate and support these amazing organizations that are helping people heal.

Art Therapy
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Community Art Therapy

Community Arts blends art and creative play with traditional and alternative therapies to support children, teens, and adults. Their mission is to provide inclusive, accessible spaces where all individuals can work with compassionate, artistic therapists and receive personalized care plans that foster healing, stability, and a fulfilling life.

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“Through individual and family therapy, community mosaic projects, art-based workshops, and professional consultations, we create inclusive, trauma-informed spaces that honor cultural identity and creative expression. Whether in the therapy room or out in the community, we believe art has the power to transform, connect, and heal.”

Nature Therapy
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Candlelight Ranch

Candlelight Ranch provides educational and nature-based experiences for families and children of all abilities and needs to learn, explore and heal.

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“When children feel safe in nature, they don’t just enjoy it—they find belonging in it. They grow into stewards, leaders and lifelong learners. We believe that opportunity should be joyful, healing and available to all.”

Music Therapy
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Music Helps

Music Helps is a non-profit organization that offers outreach programs utilizing the healing and enrichment benefits of music and provides leadership and employment opportunities for women in the music industry.

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“Healing trauma requires safety, trust, emotions, and memory reconsolidation. Music is one of a few keys to unlock the door to our authentic selves, allowing us to feel, trust, and heal. Through Music Helps, we bring music and nurturing to uplift individuals and our community.”

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Didn’t make it to Happy Hour? Click below to donate to our 2026 Partners.

Your donation will be divided evenly between our three partners.

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Healing Begins Here

To find a resource for nature, art, or music therapy, please fill out the form below:

Shapes in the Clouds is a passion project created by Dorie Pickle, inspired by the loss of her mother, Carlie. Through art, music, and nature, Dorie found healing and joy in her grief—and now raises funds to support therapy programs that use these tools. The project aims to help raise money and awareness to help others find light in the darkness of grief, fear, depression, and other life challenges.

Shapes in the Clouds is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178). Contributions to Shapes in the Clouds qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.