Past Events
The Providence Fairfax- 2/8/2025
On February 8th, 2025, Hopeful Minds Outreach delivered a vibrant Lunar New Year performance at Providence Fairfax, a retirement community in Oakton, Virginia. The program opened with piano performances from William, Felix, and Ethan. Eva gracefully performed a ballet piece titled "Cat" in the second segment, and Ryan performed his 9-sectioned whip and fist forms. The performance ended with piano pieces from Aidan, Annie, and William. The senior residents were thoroughly captivated by the young performers' energy, creativity, and artistic excellence throughout the celebration.
The Providence Fairfax- 12/14/2024
Vinson Hall Performance - 11/01/2024
Great Falls Fundraising - 07/6/2024
On July 6th, 2024, a sizzling hot summer day, Hopeful Minds Outreach (HMO) conducted a fundraising event in the Langley neighborhood, Fairfax County, VA. Our goal was to promote mental health awareness and raise funds for donations to prominent mental health organizations as well as supporting our ongoing community performance activities. Our teams prepared home-made gourmet chocolate cookies and went door to door in the neighborhood.
Despite the intense heat, the teams demonstrated their passion for promoting mental health and poured their energy to keep pushing forward. The teams pitched the mission to every house they came across. While many people were out on vacation due to the July 4th holiday weekend, we were so encouraged to see many supportive and generous people! Some neighbors even invited us into their house to share more information! Many also contributed to our mental health cause after the event.
We are very thankful to those who supported our mission. If you are interested in donating to help support our cause, please visit here. Hopeful Minds Outreach is looking forward to engaging our communities in our future performance and fundraising events!
Sunrise of McLean Performance - 06/22/2024
On June 22, 2024, Hopeful Minds Outreach (HMO) presented an exciting summer performance at the Sunrise of Mclean senior living community. The HMO group invited several young performers to join the performance and delivered a dynamic mix of music, dance and martial art activities. Many senior citizens, including familiar faces from last month’s performance, shared afterwards that they were very impressed with the energy, creativity and artistic delivery of the performance!
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Caroline, co-founder, opened the event by introducing HMO and thanking the residents for the warm reception from the previous event. She opened with the boisterous first movement of Prokofiev’s third sonata, and Alexander Xuan followed with the touching Yiruma’s Kiss the Rain. Ray Tian performed a beautiful piece, Little Little Bamboo Raft by a Chinese composer Fu Geng Chen. Two young musicians Aiden and Hank each brought a lot of fun to the audience through their piano and violin performances respectively.
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Jenny Huang, a very talented young ballet dancer, impressed the audience with her energetic and flawless dance movements, even in a limited space! Jenny and her brother Joshua wowed the audience with an exciting performance of Ku Fu, Drunken Boxing, Strike Boxing and Sword Dance.
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Our special guest performer, William Wu, captivated the audience with two beautiful Chopin nocturnes. The audience was delighted to hear his playful renditions.
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The HMO volunteers were very grateful for the opportunity to make a difference to our senior citizens’ lives. The HMO team looks forward to future performances and will continue to find ways to contribute positively to mental health in the broader Washington DC area and beyond!
ASHIYANNA McNair Herndon
Elementary School - 06/15/2024
On June 15th, Hopeful Minds Outreach partnered with the Ashiyanaa organization and performed music during a luncheon event. The Ashiyanaa organization was founded in order to support South Asian women and children impacted by interpersonal violence. Felix Xu, Jason Pan, and Eric Li were volunteers and performed piano and marimba to the participants at the event. The performance was a success, and the music was a great source of entertainment to everyone.
Sunrise of McLean Performance - 05/25/2024
On May 25th, 2024, Hopeful Minds Outreach partnered with Receipt Band to deliver a performance to the residents of Sunrise at McLean, a senior assisted living facility. Members of Hopeful Minds Outreach covered the first part of the performance with Lillian and Caroline performing a duo of American classics such as “Hey Jude” by the Beatles, Caroline performing a Chopin Scherzo, Eric performing two classical piano pieces, Jason performing a piece on the xylophone, and Felix performing two works by Bach and Ravel, respectively. Receipts Band, consisting of four members, then finished off the performance with five tunes played with a combination of vocals, drums, keyboard, and guitar. The songs consisted of Radiohead, the Beatles, White Stripes, Nirvana, and Talking Heads. The reception received an enthusiastic response from the attendees, and each performance was greeted with warm applause. We were very happy and grateful for the opportunity to perform for the seniors.
Youth Mental Health Seminar - 04/20/2024
On 4/20/2024, the HMO team hosted a seminar with guest Dr. Jia, a psychiatrist from Frederick, MD. Dr. Jia shared how to detect anxiety and depression symptoms in the early stages and seek help and treatment. He also answered many audience questions relating to mental health. We were really grateful for the opportunity to hear from a professional!
Jills House
04/06/2024
On 4/6/2024, members of the HMO team performed at Jill's house, which is a Christian non-profit that is dedicated to providing care to children with intellectual disabilities.
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Different instruments, such as piano, violin, and even a homemade xylophone were performed, and the kids seemed extremely engaged and happy in the listening.
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Here are more details and pictures of the positive performance.
Jills House
3/25/2024
Hopeful Minds Outreach members gathered for music performances at Jill’s House on 3/25/2024. Jill’s House is a nonprofit organization that provides rest, renewal, and relationships for kids with intellectual disabilities and their families. Members from Hopeful Minds played for the children on several instruments with pieces including popular song arrangements, band music, classical-era compositions, and more. The children seemed to enjoy the music, sitting on sofas or standing around the living room. Hopeful Minds volunteers thoroughly appreciated this opportunity to spread love of music with others and promote positivity through this vehicle.
