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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 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 […]

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 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 […]

Crayons Matter Milestones and Ghana October 2013 Backpack Delivery Montage

I feel so humbled and honored to have the extraordinary opportunity to share the milestones of Crayons Matter for 2013. It is because of all of YOUR support and belief in this initiative that these service advances have been possible…I can only imagine what we will accomplish together in 2014!Crayons Matter Ghana October 2013 Video […]

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As the sun rose in Africa this morning, I felt so humbled and honored to have had the extraordinary opportunity to travel on behalf of Crayons Matter to Africa where our core team engaged, connected, served, and gave back to communities in Ghana. It has been a pleasure to share backpacks and essential school supplies with […]

Sogakofe Primary School Backpack Delivery

Wow! It was a truly inspiring experience to deliver the first group of Crayons Matter backpacks to over 400 children at the Sogakofe Primary School in Sogakofe, Ghana. This was a 2 year, 3 month, and 24 day journey in the making – what a remarkable team effort!Since pictures speak a thousand words (a million in […]