holdmeavl

### Context Profile for Hold Me AVL

1. **Organization Mission & Cause**:
   - **Mission**: Hold Me AVL aims to provide a safe and supportive environment for individuals to explore platonic intimacy through non-sexual touch. The organization emphasizes the importance of consent, communication, and personal boundaries in creating a nurturing space for connection.
   - **Cause**: The organization addresses the human need for touch and intimacy, which many people lack in their lives. They focus on normalizing touch in a respectful manner, helping participants meet their touch needs without sexualizing the experience.

2. **Type of Activities**:
   - **Events**: Hold Me AVL organizes platonic cuddle events, which are capped at a specific number of participants to ensure intimacy and safety. These events include a "Welcome Circle" to establish consent and boundaries.
   - **Community Programs**: They offer workshops and gatherings that promote healthy touch and intimacy, welcoming individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
   - **Fundraising Campaigns**: The organization conducts fundraising efforts to support their events and outreach programs.

3. **Tone of Voice**:
   - The tone is **friendly**, **supportive**, and **inclusive**. The language used is approachable and emphasizes safety, consent, and community. The content is designed to alleviate fears and encourage participation, often using a conversational style to connect with potential attendees.

4. **Emoji Usage**:
   - The website and email communications do not prominently feature emojis. The tone remains professional and warm without the use of emojis, focusing instead on clear and respectful language.

5. **Key Facts**:
   - **Founding Info**: Specific founding details are not provided on the website.
   - **Scale**: The organization has hosted a total of 137 events/forms and sent out 77 email campaigns.
   - **Impact Metrics**: While specific metrics are not detailed, the organization emphasizes participant safety and satisfaction, indicating a commitment to creating a positive experience for attendees.
   - **Volunteer Info**: There is no explicit mention of volunteer opportunities on the website, but the community-oriented nature of the events suggests potential for volunteer involvement.

6. **Writing Guidelines**:
   - **Style**: Use a friendly and inclusive tone that emphasizes community and safety. Avoid jargon and keep language simple and accessible.
   - **Content Structure**: Start with a welcoming introduction, followed by clear information about events, rules, and expectations. Use bullet points for clarity when listing rules or guidelines.
   - **Call to Action**: Encourage readers to participate and reach out for more information, ensuring they feel comfortable and supported in their decision to attend.
   - **Respectful Language**: Always prioritize consent and personal boundaries in communications, reflecting the organization's core values.

This context profile serves as a foundational guide for creating personalized and effective content for Hold Me AVL, ensuring alignment with their mission, tone, and community-oriented approach.

regular series ticket

if you are feeling financially abundant, please pay a little extra to help cover the cost for hose who cant afford a the regular ticket price. ($26 per session)

supporting ticket

This ticket is for people who truly can not afford this series. ($12 per session)

low income ticket

do not sing up for this option until after you have talked with Ishka about work trade options.

work trade

If you want to be on the waiting list for this series, please email <a href="mailto:holdmeAVL@gmail.com">holdmeAVL@gmail.com</a><a href="https://www.meetup.com/asheville-cuddle-collective/" target="_blank">Also check out our other events.  </a> This will be a 3 part series for platonic touch with the same group of people all 3 weeks. This series takes place every other tuesday in the month of April.  The goal is for participants to have more regular access to touch.  By making this a series, we will not have to spend time reviewing consent each time.  After the first week, we will simply remind each other of our names, have 1-2 quick connection activities, and be able to focus most of the 2 hours on organic connection time.  I intend for this to be a small group of 8-12 people participating in this series.  Dates: April 2nd        April 16th  April 30th  Time: this series is from 7-9pm.  You may show up at 6:50 to make sure you are here at the beginning.   This is a non-sexual touch based event that invites participants to explore platonic intimacy with like-minded people in an environment that upholds personal boundaries and respect through a supportive framework of mutual agreements that maximize safety and create a space of easy openness and compassionate connection.At this event we have the chance to normalize touch and intimacy with clear boundaries; this is a space for respectful, consent-based touch. We allow ourselves to be seen. We have fun. We get our touch needs met.We welcome people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, economic statuses, races, spiritual or religious beliefs, sizes, and ages (18+). ETIQUETTE<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">ARRIVE ON TIME: It is important that all participants arrive before the Welcome Circle. The Welcome Circle serves the purpose of creating the safe space for consensual, non-sexual touch between participants and making sure that everyone is informed about consent.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Please be free of strong scents; many folks would rather not be close to someone who smells of cigarettes, perfume, or essential oils. Your clean self is a good smell!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">BE SOBER: Please do not drink or smoke before or at this event.</li></ul>We take individual and group safety seriously! if you experience, see, or know that one of our participants is not safe to be at a touch based event we want to know about it. We are committed to doing our best to create a safe environment which means that if someone is causing harm (physical or mental) that person is not welcome here (this includes harm that takes place outside of our events). We stand behind survivors and know that some of our participants are here to heal from touch based trauma. *refund policy- Full refund if you cancel 7 days before the event or you cancel due to illness, emergency, or direct exposure to covid.  Credit towards a future event if you cancel more than 3 days before an event.  No refund if you cancel within 2 days of the event or no-show.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name ,Reminder, the dates for this series are April 2, 16, & 30. Please try to arrive by between 6:50-7pm so we can get started on time with everyone present.  The address is- 36 Baird St. Garage apartment. park on the street, walk through the gate, and walk to the back of the driveway towards the garage apartment.  Wear comfortable clothing. Arrive clean and free of fragrances.You are welcome to bring a snack to share. IshkaholdmeAVL@gmail.com8284846336

If you want to be on the waiting list for this series, please email <a href="mailto:holdmeAVL@gmail.com">holdmeAVL@gmail.com</a><a href="https://www.meetup.com/asheville-cuddle-collective/" target="_blank">Also check out our other events.  </a> This will be a 3 part series for platonic touch with the same group of people all 3 weeks. This series takes place every other tuesday in the month of April.  The goal is for participants to have more regular access to touch.  By making this a series, we will not have to spend time reviewing consent each time.  After the first week, we will simply remind each other of our names, have 1-2 quick connection activities, and be able to focus most of the 2 hours on organic connection time.  I intend for this to be a small group of 8-12 people participating in this series.  Dates: April 2nd        April 16th  April 30th  Time: this series is from 7-9pm.  You may show up at 6:50 to make sure you are here at the beginning.   This is a non-sexual touch based event that invites participants to explore platonic intimacy with like-minded people in an environment that upholds personal boundaries and respect through a supportive framework of mutual agreements that maximize safety and create a space of easy openness and compassionate connection.At this event we have the chance to normalize touch and intimacy with clear boundaries; this is a space for respectful, consent-based touch. We allow ourselves to be seen. We have fun. We get our touch needs met.We welcome people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, economic statuses, races, spiritual or religious beliefs, sizes, and ages (18+). ETIQUETTE<ul><li>ARRIVE ON TIME: It is important that all participants arrive before the Welcome Circle. The Welcome Circle serves the purpose of creating the safe space for consensual, non-sexual touch between participants and making sure that everyone is informed about consent.</li><li>Please be free of strong scents; many folks would rather not be close to someone who smells of cigarettes, perfume, or essential oils. Your clean self is a good smell!</li><li>BE SOBER: Please do not drink or smoke before or at this event.</li></ul>We take individual and group safety seriously! if you experience, see, or know that one of our participants is not safe to be at a touch based event we want to know about it. We are committed to doing our best to create a safe environment which means that if someone is causing harm (physical or mental) that person is not welcome here (this includes harm that takes place outside of our events). We stand behind survivors and know that some of our participants are here to heal from touch based trauma. *refund policy- Full refund if you cancel 7 days before the event or you cancel due to illness, emergency, or direct exposure to covid.  Credit towards a future event if you cancel more than 3 days before an event.  No refund if you cancel within 2 days of the event or no-show.

holdmeavl

Sold out- Cozy Connections Series- 3 Tuesdays of touch

36 Baird St

regular series ticket

$60

supporting ticket

$80

low income ticket

$36

work trade

Free

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