Remember back to when you were a kid… All those incredible, wild and creative ideas floating in your head?! Now imagine the power of having a creative mentor really listen, engage, and encourage that creative spark with you every week. There's no stopping what you could do!
Art Buddies has provided free and meaningful creative mentor programming to thousands of Twin Cities children for 28 years. That is a whole lot of creative spark. A whole lot of crayons and glue.
Imagine being a kid in a pandemic… you are isolated from your friends and community. When you return to school it is very different. But that mentor program is still there for you. Familiar. Kind. Encouraging. Through safe in-person programming at your school or a distance learning Penpal program, your creativity and receiving kind mentorship make the hard days better. Every week you get to hear from your mentor, you might receive a letter and craft every week at your shelter, encampment or home. Art buddies is there for you.
Art Buddies has been there for thousands of Twin Cities children throughout these challenging last two years with our innovative programs adapted to what the kids need right now.
We need your help. Help us be there for our kids. All of our programs are free to kids in our highest need areas. But only with your help.
Please join us in being there for Twin Cities children. Please give generously to Art Buddies!!
Art Buddies.org/donate
Thank you,
Mari Marks Mondanelli
Art Buddies Art Administrator
