What is the Options Music Festival?

Established as a fundraiser to help two important community organizations, OPTIONS and SMILE, Now OPTIONS Family of Services which includes SMILE and Weedens Parcel Service, the OPTIONS Music Festival at Avila Beach helps the organization raise much needed funding. OPTIONS Family of Services specialize in benefiting people with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries. OPTIONS Family of Services was created to help these individuals reach their highest potential. OPTIONS help over 200 people on a daily basis to live within their community, find and maintain jobs and rise to their highest level of self-reliance.

Learn how you can donate or become a sponsor.

Avila Beach California is a gem on the California Coast. A little nook of a town with a wide expanse of a white sand California beach, it will remind you of what California coastal towns used to be like. Avila Beach is a Central Coast favorite hot spot, it often has the best weather in SLO County, a protected white, sandy beach, fun shops and restaurants, and a great 18-hole golf course. Home to some of the county”s best hotels and resorts, Avila offers an array of accommodations and activities.

Avila Beach and the Avila Beach Resort are located on the California coast approximately 200 miles north of Los Angeles and approximately 240 miles south of San Francisco just off US Highway 101.

ABOUT OPTIONS' CAUSE

In the early 1980’s, OPTIONS founder and CEO Michael Mamot was working as a special education teacher in Paso Robles. His work brought him into contact with many students who were struggling in school because they had severe behavioral problems and poor adaptive living skills. As he came to know these young people better he found that many of them lived with families that were ill-prepared to deal with the unique challenges presented by their special needs children, and were desperately seeking outside assistance. Realizing that San Luis Obispo County lacked adequate residential services, he opened a small group home where these kids could grow, learn and have their individual needs addressed in a caring, supportive environment.

Since that time OPTIONS has grown considerably and now offers numerous comprehensive services that are individualized and place emphasis on self-reliance and community participation at every level.

Visit the OPTIONS web site to learn more about this worthwhile program.