** 2011-2012 School year (Still taking nominations)**

email: drawingkidsorg@hotmail.com to nominate a school.
HS Art teachers please email me your wishlists ASAP, especially if you got our postcard in the mail.

Drawing Kids.org 100% goes to Schools Article in Fayetteville Observer on Drawing Kids published August 1st 2011 Types of Supplies NEEDED: Any brands Drawing Pencils Ebony Pencils Erasers Tortillions and Stumps Color Pencils Oil Pastels Chalk Pastels Caligraphy pens India Ink Conte Crayons Watercolors Paint brushes Acrylic Paint Palletes Pallete knifes Canvas Easels Paper Masking Tape Various other Art Supplies Public High Schools of Cumberland County EE Smith Pine Forest Terry Sanford Douglas Byrd Gray's Creek Southview Westover Seventy First Jack Britt Reid Ross Classical Massey Hill Classical Cape Fear ART Links FUTURE PEACE Studios Arts Council of Fayetteville, NC Artwanted one of the world's largest Art Communities. All ages welcome. Sarah-Lynn's Portfolio * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Contact Sarah-Lynn for further information or how you can help. drawingkidsorg@hotmail.com (910) 717-6475 evenings (910) 703-0725 Cell Sarah Brown Create Your Badge Give Young Artists the Tools They Need to Create Without Art supplies you don't get Art. Art supplies get used up, broken, worn out and need constant replacing probably more so than any other Academic supply in the high schools. Art teachers work with limited budgets and have to make lesson plans to educate and enrich an array of students and skill levels. Art is therapeutic, creative and can help kids in their other classes. No one wants to take money away from the core curriculum, but shrinking budgets have made some schools severely cut or remove their Art programs all together. About us: Drawing Kids is non-profit organization that was founded by Artist, Sarah-Lynn Brown to promote Art education and exploration in the High schools of Cumberland County, North Carolina. The first school to receive a gift of supplies was E.E. Smith High in fall of 2006. We supply, "Supplementary" Art supplies primarily to fill the gap between what the budgets allow and what the teacher needs to meet the needs of the classroom and secondly because at the moment, our budget only allows me to buy odds and ends on sale and seize the deal... so amounts are not always enough to provide a class set of most items yet. A "set" I provide might be 5 indiv. beading looms or 12-24 packs of color pencils. But I Give these supplies away, free to schools. Mission: To put a variety of quality Art supplies in the hands of High School students by donating supplies to the High School Art department for use in the classroom, entirely free. **2007-2008 School year** Westover High School needed and received a large variety of supplies including scissors, drawing pencils, canvas boards, acrylic paints, brushes and easels. Plus much more. Pine Forest High School received a variety of drawing supplies Douglas Byrd High School received a variety of drawing supplies Seventy First High School received drawing supplies ** 2009-2010 School Year** Reid Ross Classical School Various drawing supplies, beading looms and wood carving kits. ** 2011-2012 School year (Still taking nominations)** email: drawingkidsorg@hotmail.com to nominate a school. HS Art teachers please email me your wishlists ASAP, esp if you got our postcard in the mail. Douglas Byrd High School received a variety of drawing supplies Reid Ross Classical School Tote full of Various Drawing Supplies Terry Sanford High School Various drawing and painting supplies. How is this possible: Step 1: Donating money, supplies and/or your time. 100% of Donations go directly to the schools. Money donations can be earmarked for a specific school or placed in the General fund, with which supplies requested by teachers can be purchased. Step 2: Collecting donated supplies and purchasing needed Supplies with donation monies. Step 3: Filling Boxes. Sorting and preparing boxes for individual schools. Step 4: Donating the boxes to schools This cannot happen without the support of the community through charitable contributions. - Sarah-Lynn Brown How Am I Working to Make This Happen?: I make and sell handmade journals and photo albums/scrapbooks at the Fayetteville Farmers Market (during it's season) on Saturday (some Wed's) at my mother's table, (where she also sells soaps and fresh eggs). All money raised from selling my journals/photo albums is going to Drawing Kids to buy Art Supplies. The large 5.5" x 8.5" journals are $10 (Reg. for $20-40), Pocket sized Journals are $5, Small Photo albums are $6-8, Large $12-14. *** I am accepting custom orders on Journals, price may be higher based on materials cost and complexity. All journals are Hard bound, either cloth covered, hand-painted, paper covered or some mix of medias,and painted/paper covers have a clear acrylic finish added for durability with Satin/poly ribbon spines either hard or soft. Use acid free printing papers. I can make new books with parchment/bond paper at an additional cost. The Fayetteville Farmers Market @ 325 Franklin Street, Fayetteville, NC 28305 Wednesdays 3p-6p and Saturdays 9a-1p Website http://www.thefayettevillefarmersmarket.com Fayetteville's only 100% locally grown farmers market. "Freedom, Families, and Fresh Local Food"