Congratulations to Tari Hagan of Amigos Unidos, Inc.
in Taos, NM! 
Tari is the 2008 Play Room Project Winner!

Check Out Some of the New Toys in
Tari's Play Room!











NMAPT recieved a letter of gratitude from Amigos Unidos:

Dear NMAPT,

On behalf of Amigos Unidos Youth and Family Counseling Services, our staff, Board of Directors and especially our clients we want to tell you how grateful we are for the WONDERFUL toys you sent us.  Our Clinical Supervisor, Tari Hagan wrote the essay that was picked as a winner - Tari is walking around our office with the biggest grin you have ever seen.  Our children-clients are absolutely delighted with the new gowns, games, toys, dishes, swords, doctors and policeman kits; I could go on and on.

I am sure you know when a child comes into a playroom that they have been in before, they always notice something new - well, now when the children-clients go into our playroom they let out a great big "WOW" at all the new additions. 

We also want to thank The Self Help Warehouse, Inc., Anna's Toy Depot, Child Therapy Toys.Com and Lillian Vernon for their support of your organization, being able to handle the distribution of the therapeutic toys, and the non-profits, like us who are in desperate need of receiving such toys.

Thank you all once again.

Sincerely,

Amigos Unidos

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To find out how you can qualify for and apply to win the Play Room Project next year.....See below!

The New Mexico Association for Play Therapy

    The New Mexico Association for Play Therapy strives to promote play therapy across the state of New Mexico.  We believe strongly in the power of play and work to provide training and visibility to mental health clinicians who serve children.

• A gift of $500.00 worth of therapeutic toys to be used for the purpose of play therapy
• A one year membership to the Association for Play Therapy
• Admission to the NMAPT annual conference

• A non profit organization, with the following:
• A belief in and willingness to support and promote play therapy
• A designated safe contained space  (a room with a door)  to be used as a playroom  (Not a waiting room or open play space)
• At least one licensed mental health clinician who will use the room for play therapy with children aged approximately 2-10 years old.

If you are interested in applying and meet these requirements please complete the application below and send it to:

______________________________________________________________________________________

Name of person completing this form___________________________________________________

Contact phone number(s)_____________________________________________________________

Agency you represent________________________________________________________________

Address of agency___________________________________________________________________

Please indicate with a P that you meet these requirements.

___You are a non profit organization.

___You have a designated room with a door to be used as a playroom.

___You have at least one licensed mental health clinician who will use the room for play therapy.

___You have clinicians who are interested in the promotion of play therapy.

Please answer the following questions (use an additional page if necessary).      

What is the mission statement of your agency?




How often would/is the designated space used?




Tell us how many children per week would benefit from use of the play therapy toys.




Briefly describe the population you service with respect to age range, presenting problems and racial/cultural demographics.




On a separate page please tell us in 300 words or less how your agency and the children you serve would benefit from this gift.  Please attach one to two photos of the designated space.