Hello friends!

On November 3rd, I’ll be running my FIRST 15k ever! I’m trying to push myself even further than last year partly for myself, and partly to raise money for this amazing non-profit, Snow City Arts. This group inspires and educates children and youth in Chicago hospitals through the arts. Our team goal of $30,000 will raise enough money for the teaching artists at a hospital for a year, while my personal fundraising goal of $500 is enough to buy an iPad so filmmaking and music editing workshops can happen for children right in their hospital room.

As doctors and nurses care for a child’s medical needs, Child Life specialists, therapists, social workers and other hospital employees address the psychosocial needs of hospitalized children. Snow City Arts augments those services in each hospital they serve by addressing a child’s developmental and educational needs through the arts. Our teaching artists typically work with an individual child at his or her bedside.

Having positive perspectives during these children’s time of healing is so important, and I love this organization so much for keeping their creative spirits alive - even if they may be feeling at their worst physically. 

Click here to watch a recent video that was shared on NBC about the impact of Snow City Arts.

Whether it’s $1 or $100, every donation has a huge impact!

Here are a few examples of what different dollar amounts can do for Snow City Arts:

$25 Can purchase a set of watercolor paints for use in a visual arts workshop

$50 Can purchase a case of Model Magic, a high quality, non-allergenic, sculpting

clay that is a staple of Snow City Arts workshops. We cannot keep enough of this stuff in

stock!

$100 Can purchase high quality sets of drawing pens and sketchbooks for 5 students

$250 can purchase a copy of Final Cut, a studio-quality music editing software

$500 can purchase an iPad used to bring filmmaking, music editing, and stop-motion