TEDx Talk
Why Crayons Matter: Every so often an incredible door opensand reminds me why we all dedicate time, energy, and resources to theCrayons Matter mission. I recently had the opportunity to share the storybehind the creation of Crayons Matter foundation via a Lilly Ted Talk.
Crayons Matter Next Benefit: April 25, 2015
We are thrilled again to partner with the Tyler White O’Brien Art Gallery in Greensboro, NC to host our third annual fundraiser!! Crayons Matter Benefit 2015Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 6pmTyler White O’Brien Art GalleryGreensboro, NC
Crayons Matter Delivers Backpacks to the Newcomers Schools
Anna Wall and I were thrilled to deliver 25 more Crayons Matter backpacks filled with crayons, notebooks, colored pencils, pencils, and unique pieces of art created by children in the United States during New Student Orientation at the Newcomers School in Greensboro, NC on September 30th.We are delighted and honored to partner with the Newcomers […]
Crayons Matter Local Milestone: Delivery of first backpacks to children at the Newcomers School in Greensboro, NC
Awesome local milestone! Crayons Matter has delivered our first backpacks to children in the United States! Anna Wall and I were thrilled to deliver 25 Crayons Matter backpacks filled with crayons, notebooks, colored pencils, pencils, and unique pieces of art created by children in the United States to the Newcomers School in Greensboro, NC on August […]
Crayons Matter Milestone – Partnering with Walmart
Wow! Crayons Matter has celebrated yet another milestone by partnering with the incredible leadership team at the Walmart – Greensboro Store #3658 to purchase essential school supplies for the children at our sponsor schools in Ghana and in Greensboro. It is critically important that every dollar donated to Crayons Matters is spent wisely so that […]
WFMY News 2 Story
A HUGE Thank You goes out to Zack Matheny for Tweeting this story and to George Heckard at WMFY News 2 for sharing this journey through pictures and video! Thanks to Jason and Nate for taking documenting the day with amazing photos!!https://crayonsmatter.org//www.wfmynews2.com/story/news/local/2014/08/02/backpacks-to-ghana/13536225/All of the backpacks are bound for Ghana…I will share updates soon!
Backpack Assembly Day in Greensboro, NC
What an amazing couple of days for the Crayons Matter mission! Over 35 volunteers packed 1200 backpacks that have now started their journey to Ghana (at 4pm today!!). The team also assembled 250 backpacks that will be shared with the children at the Newcomers School in Greensboro, NC this fall. Wow!! Thank YOU all for […]
Crayons Matter Update!
illy recently did a moving story about Making Life Better Through Volunteerism and included a short video on Crayons Matter – the piece hit Lillypad, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter last week – wow! I am speechless and humbled by this piece!Facebook“If children feel like they can dream – they can draw their own stories – […]
Crayons Matter Milestones! Thank YOU!!
Crayons Matter has celebrated a few inspiring milestones!! Our second annual Crayons Matter Benefit held just two week ago at the Tyler White O’Brien Art Gallery raised over $21,000 that will allow us to deliver 1200 more backpacks filled with crayons and essential school supplies to Ghana – WE DID IT! We will also have […]
Second Annual Crayons Matter Fundraiser – Saturday, May 10th – Tyler White O’Brien Art Gallery
Please join us for our second annual Crayons Matter fundraiser on Saturday!! What a milestone. Crayons Matter Benefit 2014 Saturday, May 10th, 2014 6pm-9pm Tyler White O’Brien Art Gallery Silent Auction with Crayon inspired art that will start at $25!!!! ALL money raised from our auction AND 10% of all Painting SALES will go to […]