Healing Hearts
Through the Arts

Trauma alters brain chemistry.
It Changes DNA. We fix it.

We're excited to announce that St. Clair Butterfly Foundation (SCBF) is bringing expressive arts therapy to Tampa!! Trauma and stress, especially during childhood, can result in lifelong health and psychological complications when left untreated.

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Trauma 101

Extreme and chronic trauma and stress, especially during childhood, can result in lifelong health and psychological complications when left untreated.

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Our Solution

We utilize the power of expressive arts and mindfulness—along with trauma-informed training for front line workers—to help young people overcome trauma, learn healthy coping mechanisms and life skills, and unlock their potential and purpose.

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Be the Change

With your support, we can continue to make a dramatic impact by filling the ever-growing needs of young people suffering from trauma in our schools and our communities.

Our Story.

Because Everyone Deserves a Chance to FLY

Founded in 2007 by a young couple whose unbelievable story gripped the world and proved that our past does not define us, St. Clair Butterfly Foundation (SCBF) empowers survivors of emotional trauma to reach their potential to soar. Through evidence-based expressive arts programming for trauma survivors, along with trauma-informed training for those on the front lines, SCBF impacts communities and inspires positive change that ripples across generations.

We're not just rewriting their future...we're rewriting their DNA

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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

- Pablo Picasso

16 years.

20,000+ young people served.

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SCHOOL PARTNERS
CORPORATE PARTNERS
PROGRAM SPONSORS
VOLUNTEERS/INTERNS

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Inspired by Chip St. Clair's BESTSELLING memoir

"...a bold and powerful story of tragedy and triumph.
This book gives one the courage to look within, and provides everlasting hope in the human spirit."
- Dave Pelzer, #1 NYT Bestselling author of A Child Called It