I can't believe it's been a year since we did our first Gallery show up at Bell Arts in Ventura last year. Time flies!
Now we're in Long Beach, preparing for our second toy/art supply/book/clothing give away. The first one was for NOLA, after Hurricane Katrina...these things aren't easy. So many items! We have three hundred kids at the shelters in LBC and I hope that we can have something for each one, and something for children who just show up or are visiting. This is going to tax my organizational skills, but I know we can do it.
The Holidays are the best, most awesome time of year, people can give and not be ashamed. Love and not be ashamed. Be loved and not be ashamed. I guess that's why it was one of mom's favorite holidays too, she definitely passed the gene to me and Chris, that's for sure.
We're working with LBCreative! to do a big winter wonderland on the campus at Cabrillo Villages. Cabrillo houses over 5 family shelters, it's where our children's garden is and our afterschool program. The children just finished planting this week and they were thrilled. I want to get copies of my Strawberry Shortcake book, the one I was fortunate enough to write and have published on the subject of the "Butterfly Garden."
I wrote that right after I'd completed a real butterfly garden with my students in Harlem years ago. It's like a time capsule of all the great work we put into the garden. I want to get some copies of that book and give to all the little gardeners at the shelter...we have about 25 in all. They're a good bunch. Magical...Wish me luck on the toy drive :-)K
