After many weeks, we finally gathered up the art supplies that we had collected at various locations and dropped them off to the kids at New Avenues for Youth. It was a beautiful Friday afternoon and it was great to see the organization's hip, fun space in downtown Portland. One enthusiastic young person was there for the drop off and expressed a lot of excitement at the prospect of using our supplies for an upcoming rally in Salem in support of funding for youth programs. We learned that sometimes NAFY will host art workshops with a structured activity (we heard the knitting classes are very popular) and the kids can either do the structured activity or they can do whatever occurs to them with the supplies that are there.
With what we brought, there's definitely something for everyone! (see photo!) We were very happy to give so much to them with just a little bit of effort. Thanks to everyone who contributed supplies, we hope that at least this was an excuse to sort through and tidy your craft closets!
Your group is doing some really great community service. Thank you for the wonderful contribution of art supplies to New Avenues!
ReplyDeleteScott Johnson, NAFY Board Member