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 will be BrightStone, an organization providing a full curriculum of job skills, productive work habits, functional academics, computer skills, health and nutrition, physical wellness, art, music, crafts, community activities, daily life skills, and leisure and learning activities along with supervised transportation to adults in need.

BrightStone offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to empower adults with special needs. 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. Stay tuned for details about how OT/OTA students and practitioners can get involved with this organization as part of this partnership in 2025!