Connect With The Well
Whether you are a caregiver, educator, family member, practitioner,
funder, or community partner, this is a place to begin.
The Well offers trauma-informed, non-clinical community care through connection, creative healing, resource navigation, wellness partnerships, and mutual aid for rural and underserved communities in Coos County.
We all come to the well for water.
The Well is a rural community care sanctuary serving caregivers, educators, families, and community builders in Coos County, Oregon.
Some people reach out because they need rest.
Some because they are trying to find the right resource.
Some because they are looking for belonging.
Some because they want to partner, fund, volunteer, teach, or help carry the work forward.
Whatever brought you here, your message will be received with care.
The Well is not a clinic or crisis service. It is a trusted bridge between grassroots care and formal systems — a place where connection, creativity, practical support, and community stewardship meet.
Our Structure & Stewardship
The Well is not currently a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit.
It is a mission-driven, not-for-profit-in-purpose independent business and community care collective stewarded by Heather Koell in collaboration with artisans, practitioners, caregivers, educators, and community members.
The Well exists in the space between traditional business, grassroots mutual aid, creative practice, and community-based support.
It is a body of work rooted in stewardship and sustainability, not profit.
The Well operates as an independent, mission-driven community care initiative rather than a traditional nonprofit. Funding supports direct community benefit by helping cover supplies, facilitator compensation, studio operating costs, sliding-scale access, mutual aid, outreach, and trauma-informed programming for caregivers, educators, families, and underserved rural community members in Coos County.
For funders or partners that require 501(c)(3) status, The Well is open to aligned fiscal sponsorships, nonprofit partnerships, contracts, sponsored programming, and collaborative funding structures that preserve the integrity of the work while increasing access for caregivers, educators, families, and underserved rural communities.
Direct contributions to The Well may not be tax-deductible
unless made through a qualified fiscal sponsor or eligible nonprofit partner.
How can we help you connect?
I’m looking for support or community.
For caregivers, educators, parents, families, and community members who want to attend a circle, ask about studio hours, join a workshop, or explore resource navigation.
Start here if you are looking for connection, rest, creative healing, resource navigation, or a place to begin.
I’m a community partner.
For schools, nonprofits, healthcare-adjacent organizations, social service providers, civic partners, libraries, family support programs, and community organizations.
The Well welcomes aligned partnerships that strengthen rural resilience, reduce isolation, and improve access to community-based support.
I’m a funder, donor, or grant partner.
For foundations, public agencies, civic donors, grant reviewers, business sponsors, and community investors.
Funding helps sustain the studio as a low-barrier community care access point, supporting caregiver and educator circles, Art as Medicine workshops, resource navigation, wellness partnerships, mutual aid, outreach, and operating costs.
I’m an artist, educator, or collaborator.
For aligned practitioners, teaching artists, facilitators, nurses, counselors, somatic practitioners, educators, herbalists, cultural workers, and community care providers.
The Well welcomes aligned collaborators who understand trauma-informed care, emotional safety, non-extractive practice, and the importance of protecting the sanctuary feeling.