Our 2021 Annual Fundraiser is on! You can donate via this link or the button above in the upper right. Below you’ll find our fundraising letter - thank you in advance for any support you can give!
Dear Youth Arts Supporter,
Over the last forty-seven years, Youth Arts has worked with teachers to add arts enrichment into the Camden Rockport and Five Town CSD schools. As we all know, this year’s demands are like no other school year in our organization’s history. We may not be able to hire teaching artists to come in and demonstrate puppetry or create a musical based on the science of sound and we may not be watching our middle school students parade down Knowlton Street in their kinetic sculptures, but Youth Arts has continued to serve our schools and students in an unprecedented way.
This year, Youth Arts responded to the requests of art teachers and sponsored art supply packets for both remote and in-person students at both the elementary and middle schools. Individual art supply packets for remote students allow those students to have the same high-quality art supplies as those learning in-person. In-person learning students also benefit from having their own set of supplies without the risks of sharing. Youth Arts met this need for hundreds of art packets and continues to assist in whatever way we can to connect students to art.
A tax-deductible donation of $25, $50, $100 or more makes it possible for Youth Arts to continue providing these supplies throughout the school year for every grade level from kindergarten through high school, and to continue to provide our traditional arts enrichment as things return to normal.
Youth Arts has always sought to make our community and our schools truly arts-infused. Please help us continue this important tradition by sending in your donation in the enclosed envelope or visiting our website at youthartsmaine.org.
With gratitude,
The Youth Arts Board of Directors:
Jim Nickelson, Liza Gardner Walsh, Kristen Andersen, Michelle O’Dwyer, Kerin Lindahl, Caroline LaFiura, Kate Donovan Cohen, Tara Gardner, and Victoria Marshall
The Youth Arts Program Committee:
Molly Fedarko, Courtney Lanphere, Kim Nicolet, Kelli Sabatini, Jessie Tobias, Lakshmi Butcher, and Jessica Wheeler