“We exist because our world is hurting, but we can do something about it. We can bear gifts of care, kindness, and joy to nourish and heal our world’s beating heart.”
— Marga Fripp, co-Founder & CEO
Hurricane Helene left many disconnected and overwhelmed with grief, but we can help each other find peace, recover, and heal.
Our Healing Hive at Folkmoot offers weekly compassionate support and healing services, community and individual art therapy, stress relief, and mental well-being practices.
Services are free for people in need.
Bee a Pollinator of Hope and Healing!
Make a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation to help keep our Healing Hive at Folkmoot open and our trauma recovery services after Hurricane Helene — accessible and free to everyone in need.
Weekly Services & Classes
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Join us for an hour-long walk at Lake Junaluska to connect with friends and neighbors, breathe in fresh air, enjoy a peaceful time, and reset your nervous system. The meeting point is the Labyrinth. The walk takes place weekly, weather permitting.
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A weekly, mindful movement and energy self-healing practice to restore vitality, strengthen your health, and cultivate inner peace and well-being.
Qigong is also an effective complementary therapy that reduces stress, anxiety, depression, and stress and improves mood and self-esteem.
The practice has many health benefits: strengthens the immune and cardiovascular systems, improves blood circulation, bone health and balance, reduces blood pressure, provides pain relief, and reduces stiffness in muscles and joints.
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Join our weekly stress relief and emotional support circle through creativity, art, and mindfulness. Art-making, writing, reflection, compassionate connection and sharing. No art or writing skills are needed to participate. The sessions are free, donations welcome. Bring a friend or family member and enjoy a nourishing and restorative time.
Manifesting a Flourishing World, Art by Marga Fripp
The Pollinators Declaration for a Flourishing World
The Pollinators Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to promoting wellness, mental well-being, and social healing through the power of arts, movement, and mind-body practices.
We offer a holistic approach to health by integrating social connection with creative expression, art therapy, mindful movement Qigong, and nature experiences. These scientifically proven practices help buffer stress, support emotional healing, and empower people to live connected and meaningful lives.
Like bees in a hive, each one of us contributes to the well-being of the whole. No bee alone can keep the colony thriving, nor can the bee survive without its hive. To fully flourish we need each other, working in unity, serving the highest good of all.
Our vision is to humanize the mental health conversation, destigmatize mental illness, reduce loneliness, and restore dignity, self-worth, and purpose.
Our Story
“What if we created a beloved community, a safe space where everyone mattered, and our collective pain, grief, and struggle became the pollen that nourishes the garden of life?”
Join our Team!
Are you creative, empathic, and self-driven with strong communication and interpersonal skills? Does our work on mental wellness, creativity, and social healing resonate with you? If so, please apply for an internship with us.
Program Associate Internship
The Internal Revenue Service has determined that The Pollinators Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Our Tax I.D. is 92-1746861. Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Our Healing Hive is located at Folkmoot USA, 112 Virginia Ave, Room A-2, Waynesville, NC 28786