About Us
Whenever an organization grows and evolves, it's important to stop occasionally
and ask, "Why are we here?" and "Where are we headed?"
Over the past several months, we've spent a great deal of time discussing those questions. The result is a Vision and Mission that reflect both where Aubrey's Song Foundation is today and where we hope to be in the future.
Our Vision is to see...
A world where more people recover and thrive, and Aubrey's Song lives on through expanded access to care, greater awareness, and lives transformed.
That's a big vision. But then again, eating disorders are a big problem.
Every day, individuals and families struggle to find treatment, support, and understanding. We want to help change that. We want to see more people recover. We want to see more clinicians equipped to provide care. We want to see more communities understand these illnesses. Most of all, we want Aubrey's life and legacy to continue making a difference in the lives of others.
Our Mission is...
To honor Aubrey's legacy by increasing access to eating disorder care through clinician education and scholarships, while empowering individuals, families, and communities with knowledge, resources, and hope.
While the Vision tells us what we're striving for, the Mission reminds us what we're called to do.
Everything we undertake as a Foundation should point back to that mission. Whether it's supporting clinician education, investing in scholarships, sharing resources, raising awareness, or encouraging families who feel alone, our purpose remains the same: honoring Aubrey's legacy by helping others.
These statements aren't a departure from the work we've been doing for the last twenty years. Instead, they put into words what has always been at the heart of Aubrey's Song Foundation.
As we continue this series of updates, I'll share more about the specific initiatives we're pursuing and how our endowment model will help support this mission for generations to come.
Thank you for believing in this work. Thank you for believing that recovery is possible. And thank you for helping ensure that Aubrey's Song continues to be heard.
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Launched 501(c)3: Formed in 2005
Headquarters: Aubrey’s Song Foundation is located in Owensboro, KY, with a regional focus to areas in western and southern Kentucky, and southern Indiana.
Affiliations: Aubrey’s Song Foundation works with the Kentucky Eating Disorder Council, established via KRS 210.051 in July of 2020 to address how disordered eating affects Kentuckians, and improve access to education, treatment and recovery; and to inform individuals, families and providers of the risks and complications that can be associated with eating disorders.
Member: Aubrey’s Song Foundation is a member of local and regional health councils.
Things to Know about Eating Disorders:
- People with eating disorders think about and use food in ways that are physically and emotionally destructive.
- In the U.S., eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any other mental illness.
- Treating eating disorders can be expensive.
- A resident program for anorexia can cost upwards of $38,000 a month.
- Anorexia nervosa has the highest premature mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.
- The majority of deaths are due to physiological complications.
- Although recovery from anorexia can often take up to a decade, the lasting result of treatment is often better than for obesity or breast cancer.
- 90% of people who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
- Male wrestlers are 7 to 10 times more likely to develop bulimia nervosa than the average male.
- Over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting and taking laxatives.
- Americans spend over $40 billion on dieting and diet-related products each year.
- The average American woman is 5’4” tall and weighs 164 pounds.
- The average American model is 5’11” tall and weighs 117 pounds.
Substance abuse is the most common co-occurring condition in people with eating disorders. Overcoming both an eating disorder and substance abuse problem takes special understanding of the development and persistence of these disorders, and an approach to treatment that tackles both of the issues.
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