Our MISSION

TO PROVIDE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Uplifting and Engaging Activities

Merrimack Hall offers services to children and adults with special needs that no other organization in the Southeast currently provides.

Our mission is to provide visual and performing arts education and cultural activities, to children and adults with special needs. Merrimack Hall houses The Happy Headquarters is a visual and performing arts program for children, teens and adults with special needs. Our programs drastically improve the quality of life for people with special needs, as we work toward bringing the people we serve out of the shadows and into the life of our community.

the center of activity for hundreds

The focus of Merrimack Hall’s mission is to provide visual and performing arts education to children and adults with special needs, but the heart of Merrimack Hall is the community of lives that have been connected through the arts. The quality of life for people with special needs has been drastically improved by Merrimack Hall, as we work toward bringing the people we serve out of the shadows and into the life of our community.

Arts Classes

After school multi-disciplinary arts education classes for children and adults with special needs. Classes offered include dance & creative movement, acting, choir and many more!

Adult Day program

Hosted on weekdays, Monday - Thursday, our adult day program is a cultural and socially engaging program for adults with special needs.

Summer Camp

During the summer, a series of week-long summer camps in multidisciplinary arts education. Students spend half a day at Merrimack Hall, while learning and growing creatively.

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1. conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

2. everybody is more alike than we are different.

At Merrimack Hall, we firmly believe that every one of us has special needs. Some have special needs on the outside readily visible; some have special needs on the inside. Everyone has the need to feel loved. Everyone has the need to feel accepted.

Please join our efforts to make Huntsville & Madison County the gold-standard for diversity and inclusion by becoming a volunteer, donating or spreading awareness on behalf of our mission.

Additionally, we offer the chance for all of our participants to participate in perennial concerts, performances, and theatrical productions hosted at Merrimack Hall. Each showcase is a comprehensive production with professional sound, lighting and costumes featuring original acts and dance numbers rehearsed in our after school classes.

These performances have an uncanny effect on our participants.

They build priceless amounts of self-confidence and offer multiple physical and cognitive benefits, not to mention bringing a smile from ear-to-ear!

Additionally, we encourage all adults involved in our programs to join our performance team. This is an opportunity to get outside of comfort zones and venture to new, fun places that support our programs and raise awareness on behalf of our mission.