Standing Tall

A School For Non-Verbal Children With Physical Impairments

Thank you for your interest in supporting Standing Tall.

Below are several ways you can contribute: (hyperlinks to the item)

One-Time Donation
Monthly Recurring Donation
Wish List Contribution
Mail-In Donations
Employer Matching
United Way Donations
Join Team Standing Tall
Download iGive
Volunteer

One-Time Donation:

Make a one-time donation via credit card below:

Monthly Recurring Donation:

Select the amount you would like to donate monthly. Your credit card will be automatically charged each month.

Wish List Contribution:

Support Standing Tall by underwriting one of the items currently needed in the classroom. Your contribution toward Wish List items are tax deductible for income tax purposes. The items needed, the quantity needed, a description of how the item will be used, and the cost for Standing Tall to purchase each item is below:

Candy Corn Proximity Sensor Switch

The Candy Corn proximity sensor switch is highly sensitive and does not require a physical touch to activate. This switch is sensitive enough that the slightest eyebrow raise or face twitch will allow the user to access computers games and toys.
4 needed

QuickTalker

Quick Talker

This is a voice output device that has a proximity sensor and allows the user to activate it without actually coming in top contact with the surface of the device. This is ideal for students who are tactile defensive or students who have limited movement and are unable to touch activate a switch.
4 needed

Apple iPad

iPad

Using iPads in our academic classes provide a great opportunity to improve their social, communication, coordination and manipulation skills.
5 needed

1 donated by Allyson Galishoff
2 donated by Charles Sellman

Adapted Music Kit

iPad

This amazing kit offers eight adapted instruments which the Students at Standing Tall can use to independently create music. Often children with motor impairments are unable to create music on their own. They are restricted to having someone else hold their hand to guide them hitting the drum or shaking the tambourine. But with adapted equipment, the students hid a switch (often a large button), that our students can access independently, and we can customize how each student accesses the instruments. The kit includes the following adapted equipment: Bongo Drums, Drum, Ring Around Bells, Mini Carillon, Music Machine with Instruments, Band Jam, Musical Snail and Lighted Musical Tambourine. The investment is $1500.
1 kit needed

Adapted Etch-A-Sketch

iPad

Remember playing with an etch-a-sketch when you were a child? For our students, the typical Etch-A-Sketch requires fine motor skills that they don’t have, but with the Adapted Etch-A-Sketch, the world of independently drawing becomes available. With two levels of adaptability, enabling great customization for each student in the classroom, our students will be able to doodle, sketch, and create images of their choosing. This is something most of our students have never done before. This would be an amazing gift to our classroom. The investment is $220.
NEED FULFILLED

1 donated by Eszter Friedman

Adapted Hungry Hippo

iPad

Hungry Hippo has been a favorite game for children for decades! And the adapted version finally makes it available to our students with severe motor impairments. This game will enable four of our students to sit together and play independently. Imagine the joy it will bring them, while also helping them develop socially and physically. The investment is $128.
1 needed

Notebook

iPad

Using this computer in our academic program, our students learn how to spell, read and write.

Using multiple computers in the same class allows our teachers to tailor the lesson individually for the children, based on their abilities and unique needs.
6 needed

Bluetooth Switch Interface

iPad

This Bluetooth Switch interface allows our students to control a computer or an iPad wirelessly through a hand or head switch!
5 needed

1 donated by Allyson Galishoff

PowerLink Control Unit

iPad

This unit allows students, which use a hand or head switch, to control up to two electrical appliances.

Six unique modes of control allow you to define exactly how, and for how long, appliances will be turned on.
2 needed

1 donated by Allyson Galishoff

SMART board Interactive Whiteboard

iPad

Using this SMART board in the classroom will allow our students to: a chance to express themselves, to interact with activities, and to comprehend concepts better, so that they may achieve their social and academic goals.
2 needed

Rainbow Mat

iPad

This is a large mat that would be ideal for group floor activities.
1 more needed

1 donated by Edward Loakman

Plinth

iPad

This plinth is the single most important furniture in our Conductive Education program. We use them throughout the day, for our lying, manipulation, and oral-motor programs. With this plinth our students learn how to move their arms and legs, roll over, sit up, stand tall, side step and walk.
4 needed

1 donated by Tim Minges

Smirthwaite Mayfield Chair

iPad

This wonderful mobile high chair is fully adjustable so it provides our students a well supported and safe seating during academic classes. Sitting in this chair allows students to manipulate and communicate more independently and accurately.
1 needed

Art classes with Alba

iPad

Alba is our very talented resident artist. She genuinely understands disability and the uniqueness of our special students, as Alba herself has Cerebral Palsy.

She is a truly inspirational and creative art teacher. She brings great expertise, wonderful ideas and introduces our students to new techniques and materials.
2 needed

Classes by Daniel’s Music Foundation

iPad

Daniel's Music Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides adapted music classes to all individuals with disabilities. But they are much more than just a foundation they are a community that opens doors to acceptance, respect, confidence and overall well-being, while fostering a sense of community and celebrating the joy of music.
NEED FULFILLED

1 donated by Tim Minges

Access to pool for Aquatic therapy

iPad

Aquatic therapy is led by our conductors. It is a wonderful program for anyone with neuro-motor disorders. Water buoyancy reduces the weight and stress on the body, therefore, it allows motor disabled children with spasticity to move with less effort. It improves coordination, perception, motor skills, balance, sensory skills, circulation, and respiration.
2 needed

Smirthwaite Combi Toileting Chair

iPad

These progressive toileting chairs provides safe seating for our children so they can enjoy potty training, while also learning to be independent.
2 needed

Exercise & Activity Mat

iPad

This mat is deal for allowing the students to be on the floor in comfort for a variety of activities.
2 needed

Financial Aid

iPad

Tuition, cost of therapies, and just the general care of a special needs child can be a tremendous burden on families.

Help us build our financial aid fund so that students can receive the care they need, with less financial strain on their families.

The need is great. Donations of $10,000 or more per donation will make a much needed impact.

Mail-In Donations:

To make a contribution via check, fill out our Donation Form, make a check out to “Standing Tall Inc.,” and mail it to the following address:

Standing Tall Inc.
200 Riverside Blvd.
Unit #2
New York, NY 10069

Employer Matching Program

Check to see whether the company you work for has an Employer Matching Program. Many companies will match the gift you give to Standing Tall. All you need to do is contact your human resource department to find out how to make the match.

United Way Donations

The way to designate Standing Tall depends on the United Way chapter serving the donor's employer.

In the NY metropolitan area, there are two main United Way chapters: United Way of TriState and United Way of New York City. These two share Manhattan and each of the other boroughs, as well as companies in NJ.

To designate Standing Tall, the donor should indicate the following on his donation form: Designated beneficiary Standing Tall Inc., 200 Riverside Blvd., Unit #2, New York, NY 10069 . United Way of TriState ID # 032269 (No ID # is needed for United Way of NYC).

Join Team Standing Tall:

Volunteer to run in the NYC Half- or Full-Marathon. As one of New York Road Runners’ Charity Partners, we hold a limited number of guaranteed marathon entries for runners who pledge to make a donation or to raise funds for Standing Tall. Learn more about becoming a runner for Team Standing Tall.

Download iGive:

This is a wonderful passive way to give to Standing Tall. When you download the iGive Plug-In onto your computer, it automatically notices when you shop online at iGive-sponsored stores and it automatically collects a percentage of your purchase (usually 1-3%) and passes it along to Standing Tall. You will see a little iGive button pop-up whenever you happen to land on an iGive retailer. Hundreds of popular online stores are affiliated with iGive. Here is a small sampling of online stores that will automatically give a percentage of sales to Standing Tall if you have the iGive Plug-In downloaded onto your computer:

Download iGive here

1-800-Flowers	Apple Store	Athletica	Banana Republic
Bass Pro Shop	Bath & Body Works	Best Buy	BJs Wholesale Club
Bloomingdale’s	Brooks Brothers	Build-A-Bear Workshop	Buy Buy Baby
Circuit City	Crate & Barrel	Diamonds International	Dillard’s
DSW	eBay	Eddie Bauer	Expedia.com
FTD.com	GameStop.com	Gap.com	Hotwire
J. Crew	Just Blinds	Kmart	L.L.Bean
Lord & Taylor	Macy’s	Nespresso	Nordstroms
Office Depot	Old Navy	Orvis	Paragon Sports
Patagonia	PETCO	PetSmart	Pottery Barn
QVC	Sears	Shutterfly	Soap.com
Staples Copy & Print	The North Face	TOMS Shoes	Toys R Us
Travelocity	Victoria’s Secret	Walgreens	Williams-Sonoma

Volunteer

We have many ways for people to actively contribute and participate in our environment. If you would like to give your time by working in the classroom, helping out in the office, or helping with events and fundraising, please contact Coco Sellman at info@standingtallnyc.org.