2025 TNOTA Philanthropy Partner: BrightStone

Thank you to everyone who cast a ballot to help TNOTA select our 2025 Philanthropy Partner!

TNOTA is excited to announce that our Philanthropy Partner for 2025-2026 is BrightStone.

BrightStone is a non-profit organization that offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to empower adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The program includes job skills training, productive work habits, functional academics, computer skills, health and nutrition education, physical wellness activities, art, music, crafts, community engagement, daily life skills, and leisure and learning opportunities. BrightStone also provides supervised transportation. The mission is to create a supportive community where adults with special needs can thrive. They aim to expand their potential by fostering their mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual growth.

BrightStone provides opportunities and solutions that enrich the lives of its participants. This future is presently taking shape on their new Land Of Dreams campus, located on 140 acres in Williamson County, Tennessee. They recently relocated staff and students to the new Center for Learning, Arts, and Enterprise. The first phase of the new campus also includes the completion of two residential teaching homes. Future developmental phases call for additional facilities and structures, including a prayer chapel, a gymnasium, horticulture and equestrian programs, additional teaching homes, and more.

To learn more about TNOTA’s 2025-2026 Philanthropy Partner, check out their website here.

How can I get involved?

Help us fundraise on behalf of Brightstone towards the acquisition of an accessible van!

OT practitioners: Please make a donation to Brightstone and submit that information to TNOTA for tracking purposes. No donation is too small! The donation should be made through the Brightstone website with a screenshot or pdf showing your donation submitted to TNOTA by Nov. 15. To log your donation, please send documentation to [email protected]. A Screenshot is fine!
OT/OTA students: You are encouraged to donate individually or – better yet! – as part of an effort organized by the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) affiliated with your school. The donation should be made through the Brightstone website with a screenshot or pdf showing your donation submitted to TNOTA by Nov. 15. The SOTA that raises the most for BrightStone will be recognized in the December newsletter, and on TNOTA's social media.