1. Young at Heart Project improves and enriches the quality of lives for seniors confined by age or infirmity
in convalscent and residental care facilities by providing the therapeutic benefits of live, professional
musical entertainment.
WhatWe Do
Established in 1985, Young at Heart Project performs over 1,100 shows yearly in the California counties
of Santa Clara, Monterey, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz. It reaches over 30,000 seniors in senior and day care
centers and skilled nursing, convalescent, memory disorder, Alzheimer, and residental community
facilities. Recognized as a national model by the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Council
on Aging,YAHP is working to expand nationally over the next few years.
WhoWe Serve - The Elderly: Unheard, Underseen, Underserved
America worries about every segment of its citizenry. Except for Medicare, however, it tends to give short
shrift to its seniors. And now the mostly out of sight elderly are quietly growing in numbers, becoming a
larger and larger underserved population.Your support forYoung at Heart Project is a way you can help
enrich the lives of our elders.
HowWe Are Supported
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Young at Heart Project’s ability to sustain and grow depends on the financial
support of others. Nursing and assisted living facilities pay a small portion of each performance cost.
Young at Heart Project pays the remainder. It does so with contributions from individuals, grants from
trusts, foundations and corporations, fundraising events, product sales, charitable bequests, donated life
insurance, wills, etc.
Underserved Elderly
Society tends to overlook the elderly, assuming family or care facility staff attends
them. Reality often is quite different. Family members may work full time, live afar,
or care for a senior at home. Facility staff address physical needs but rarely
emotional, quality of life issues. As numbers grow in nursing homes, the degree of
the underserved elderly grows.This is creating a new, mostly unrecognized
problem for a society that prides itself on taking care of its citizenry from “cradle to
the grave.”
Established in 1985,Young at Heart Project is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation that depends on
financial support from foundations,individuals,corporations,businesses and concerned community leaders who
want to improve the quality of life for seniors in convalescent care.

2. EVERYONE IS LIVING LONGER
Medical science is extending longevity. Poor
health, widowhood, declining finances, mental
decline,etc.will send many to a nursing or assisted
living facility.They will lose independence that will
reduce the quality of their daily lives, which can
lead to clinical depression and affect their mental
and physical well-being.
“How does music improve the well-being of the elderly?
First of all,music speaks to the deepest emotional parts of
us. It is used in therapy.Young at Heart Project improves
upon this by bringing the music of former times to adults.
The music reawakens personal and historical memories
related to the era when it was popular,allowing our elderly
citizens to actively reminisce in a healthy fashion. The
reminiscing itself is a form of cognitive stimulation identi-
fied by psychological research as being critically impor-
tant for the mental capacities of the elderly.”
Robert J. Moretti, Ph.d.
Associate Clinical Professor
Northwestern Medical School
HOW YOUNG AT HEART PROJECT BEGAN
The inspiration for Young at Heart
Project (YAHP) came to founder
Sean Seman in 1985 while
performing an impromptu concert
at a rest home. An elderly man who
had not spoken for two years
erupted into song during Sean’s
performance, much to the
amazement of the hospital staff.
After witnessing the positive
effects of music on seniors. Seman’s commitment to bring
lively, uplifting entertainment to the elderly motivated other
musicians and community leaders to join him to create
Young at Heart Project.The organization incorporated as a
non-profit 501 (c)(3) public benefit corporation in 1992 with
the sole purpose of enriching the lives of the underserved
elderly.
YOUNG AT HEART PROJECT
IS UNIQUE
Our professional musicians perform music of
the 1920’s-1950’s.
Each performance features a musician’s songs
and commentary on the era in which they
were written. Combining music and history
brings the songs and “times” of yesterday
alive again. Some say “magical” things result
when seniors experience this “double-
memory-revival” package. Most all agree it
helps restore seniors’ sense of well-being. No
other organization does this.
Young at Heart Project Musicians Serve Needs of
the Elderly by Improving the Quality of Their Lives
“I have seen a woman who seemed catatonic suddenly
come to life shouting lines from an almost forgotten song.
There is an electricity generated by a skilled professional
which is not usually equaled by even the most sincere
amateur.”
Jennifer Davis, Executive Director
Area Council on Aging
Personal contributions are tax-deductible.
Ask your employer to match your $ gift.
Ask your company, organization (e.g. Rotary), or
personal trust to supportYAHP.
NameYAHP as beneficiary in your Will, Living Trust, or
Life Insurance Policy.
Transfer stock shares to aYAHP Endowment Fund.
Set up a Charitable Remainder Trust: you keep income
now, later it goes toYAHP.
DesignateYAHP beneficiary of an IRA or Retirement
Plan.
Encourage school, club, church and youth groups to hold
fundraising events to benefit us.
Mail Tax Deductible Donations Today!
HOWYOU CAN SUPPORT
YOUNG AT HEART PROJECT
Young At Heart Project
18488 Prospect Road, Suite 11, Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone 408.446.0402 | Fax 408.446.0497
www.young-at-heart.org | yahproj@young-at-heart.org
CA Tax ID 1803545YAHP | Fed Tax ID 77-0300050
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