The Foundation helps to improve access to resources, education, training, counseling, and other therapeutic services to those recovering and healing from trauma and trauma-related distress.
Tree of Hope Foundation, Inc. supports the offering of therapeutic and healing services to reduce the pervasive, collective impact of trauma on individuals, families and communities.
Tree of Hope Foundation, Inc. strives to strengthen the community by supporting the delivery of high quality, evidence-informed, compassion-driven and person-centered healing practices to all those who need them.

Thank you Rochester! On a cold February night we hosted a warm and wonderfully successful night of comedy and laughter at Comedy @ the Carlson with our good friend Todd Yougman!
"Tonight I performed at the Carlson for close to 200 people in support of the Tree of Hope Foundation. Thank you, Jill Harter Lennox for asking me to be a part of this.
People are no longer laughing because they want to laugh, it feels like they're laughing because they NEED to laugh. It's almost a cathartic release. You can feel a different energy in the room in a way that I've never felt before. Everything is so heavy in the world, it’s almost like people need levity/release and it feels really good (as a comic) to be able to provide that in a small way.""
- Todd Youngman, February 5, 2025
Your generous donation will help the Foundation provide funding for programs and services to fill unmet needs in the community.
We can't fulfill our mission without you. Tree of Hope Foundation must raise funds so that we can help support programs, initiatives and services that fill gaps in available mental health services in the greater Rochester region. We are so grateful for your support of our “Comedy for a Cause” event, by attending or donating, which will help us toward our goal of funding therapeutic offerings that address trauma within our community. We hope you will consider including us in your charitable giving in 2025, and are so very appreciative of each and every donation.