Heal The Scene Updates
Stories from our staff and community on progress towards our mission of healing the scene, including behind-the-scenes goals and results, interviews from supporters and volunteers, special podcasts, and more.
How HeartSupport is using technology to revolutionize mental health support online
HeartSupport’s unique suite of social media response tools, Porter, is currently patent-pending. It allowed the organization to respond to 4,000 requests for help in 2024 alone.
The History of HeartSupport
August Burns Red’s Jake Luhrs founded HeartSupport in 2011 as a way to offer fans mental health support long after each concert came to a close. In the years since, over 50,000 metal listeners have opened up about their mental health and received support.
Heavy music hope: meet HeartSupport Program Assistant Reece Maopolski
Reece Maopolski has joined HeartSupport’s team as Program Assistant, committed to supporting volunteer repliers as they provide peer mental health support.