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Volunteers are the oxygen of any project! It's Volunteer Week!
Colleen Gray
Volunteer Week April 24-30, 2022 Words are insufficient things when you work with volunteers who give of themselves to communities they might never visit, to people they may never encounter.They gladly offer up, the greatest commodity in existence - time. We hear people say “You have all this time, why don’t you volunteer?” But how true is this? How much time do we really have to spare when life demands so much of us - when the life-pace is blistering. If we’re not careful, nurturing those things that allow us to be good humans can become unimportant or without priority in...
Garden Hill Manitoba - Our First Land Based Program Support Project
Colleen Gray
Land Based Learning and Language Support An Art for Aid project March 31, 2022 This year Art for Aid launched a new support program to support existing land-based learning and language programs for remote Indigenous schools. The Kistiganwacheeng Elementary School in Garden Hill, Manitoba was our first launch and we're proud to say it was a massive success. Yesterday we officially received word that the program's winter supplies and a new Sew & Sew Skills Lab have made it to Garden Hill, Manitoba, thanks to many volunteers, donors and our new buddies, Direction North who got our shipment over the ice roads just in time....
What's New at Art for Aid - January 2022
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Art for Aid is the success that it is because of people like you who take the time to understand what we do and why it's important. Miigwetch. Thank you for your support and interest.
It's All About the Ebb and Flow of Shipping
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There's seldom any downtime in this process, but the rewards of seeing multiple boxes heading out to make children happy makes the entire process well worth it.
Thank you! Miigwetch! Art for Aid Update August 2020 – Message from Colleen Gray
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The art supply collection drive from July 29-Aug 19 for the fall shipments to remote Indigenous schools has come to a successful close. We are now focussing on getting all the collected supplies sorted and prepared for shipping. Still want to donate? You’ll soon have another chance to donate supplies. Art for Aid collects art supplies up to the middle of May each year. We will soon be announcing the next collection dates.