5 Ways To Get Involved With HeartSupport's Work
Have you ever wondered how to get involved with HeartSupport?
When HeartSupport sets up a booth at a concert or a festival and our teams have conversations with people who are just encountering our work for the first time, one of the most common questions is one we love hearing: how can I get more involved?
If you’ve been moved by HeartSupport’s mission to heal the music scene through peer-led mental health resources that offer free help to people who are dealing with real-life issues, here are 5 ways to support the mission.
1. Get or give free help through Support Calls
The top way to help HeartSupport’s mission go deep as well as wide is through getting involved with Support Calls.
In this totally free program, you can volunteer to be a supporter for a peer who is going through a difficult time in their life. You’ll receive training so that you know how to show up in a way that is supported.
“The training to be a supporter is very straightforward. Everyone comes as they are,” Lauren, a volunteer supporter, says. “You can hold space, you can share your experience and perspective if they’re open to that, but you don’t need to be anybody special to participate. You don’t have to be some kind of expert. You just have to care.”
Best of all, we know it works when people who care show up. We’ve documented a 17% improvement in self-efficacy (confidence in making decisions and regulating their feelings during hard moments) for peers who participate in Support Calls.
If you want to volunteer to provide support, go to https://www.heartsupport.com/volunteer.
If you want to sign up to receive support, go to https://www.heartsupport.com/get-support
2. Sign up to be an Activator in your local community through Support Walls chapters
HeartSupport launched a new program in 2026 that allows HeartSupport volunteers to bring Support Walls to their own concerts and venues.
The Support Wall is a key feature of HeartSupport’s presence at concerts and festivals. Historically, the wall where people can write anonymously to give or receive support has only been at select events each year. But with an inflatable model that makes Support Walls more easy to create than ever, we knew we wanted to send it more place.
That’s been made possible by dozens of individuals all over United States (and one team in Canada) who have formed local chapters. Those chapters of Activators fundraise half the cost of a wall, and HeartSupport covers the other half. After that, teams can set up the Wall at however many concerts they want.
“Jumping into the scene has given me such a community,” says Lindsey of HeartSupport Carolinas. “ I have friends where we hang out, we go to the mall, we catch up, we have lunch. To have a community is incredible. At Gutter Fest [a local event], I remember telling someone, ‘On the days when I have nothing else and I’m struggling, the one thing that keeps me going is HeartSupport.’”
HeartSupport is well on their way to have over 20 teams like this by the end of 2026. You can find or start a team in your own area by signing up to become an Activator: https://www.heartsupport.com/volunteer
3. Donate or fundraise to help mental health help go further
The reality is that everything HeartSupport does takes resources — and even $5 can make a difference in supporting the cause.
Signing up to give what you can monthly can make a massive impact. In the past, some supporters have even started with $1 a month. As a Better Business Bureau accredited organization, we then commit to using best practices when implementing every dollar to offer real mental health help to those who need it in the music scene.
If you don’t have a lot to give but have time, you can fundraise. This can look like starting a birthday fundraiser on Facebook or Instagram, where HeartSupport is a charity you can search for and select as a beneficiary.
It can also look like exploring your employer’s giving program and seeing if they might be open to matching your donation or even offering a grant. If you have your own business or organization you’re connected to, HeartSupport is always open to exploring partnerships! Go here to learn more about our partners and how you can be one: https://www.heartsupport.com/partners
4. Volunteer to help at an event
Apart from local chapters, HeartSupport also needs volunteers to support the organization’s presence at festivals and tour dates.
Those volunteer opportunities are offered to those who are already in the Discord communities formed for HeartSupport volunteers who give their time to Support Calls and local chapters or other legacy programs. If you’re already signed up for one way of volunteering but want to do more, showing up strong to help man the Wall and apply free lyric temporary tattoos at a festival helps us continue reaching our goal of more than 15 festivals annually.
5. Share HeartSupport posts on social media to spread the word
Trust us: your voice, your social media platform, the conversations you have, matter.
If you want the easiest way to get involved and make a big impact, consider following HeartSupport on social media and resharing our posts: https://linktr.ee/heartsupport
You can also directly send posts to friends who might be interested in HeartSupport’s work. If we feature a Behind the Song interview with a favorite band, add it to your story. If someone you know could benefit from Support Calls, send them a post with a testimonial.
These small actions add up to an avalanche of change.
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