Paint Bucket

 

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May 2012

Friends of CHAW –

Recently we surveyed our adult students about taking classes at CHAW. One stated that being at CHAW “puts a smile on my face and a bounce in my step.”  Another notes that she “enters CHAW tired and leaves with energy.”

Wouldn’t the world be a better place with more of that kind of creative energy?  You can make it happen!  

Please help us in our annual fundraising campaign, Paint Bucket, to raise $50,000 in 40 days.  Ambitious?  Yes!  But our goal is attainable with caring donors like you.

When you give to CHAW, you help make the arts available to more people in our community.  Our tuition income covers only about 80% of the costs of running CHAW.  In order to keep classes affordable for as many people as possible, we’re committed to raising funds every year for the other 20% of expenses.

And most important, we have always been committed to never turning anyone away simply because they can’t afford to pay.  Last year, you helped provide $57,000 in tuition assistance for our students—92% of it to children.  This year we hope to provide even more tuition assistance.

CHAW’s unique strength lies in the artistic synergy that happens here regularly.  A student describes her delight in taking “a drawing class while a guitar lesson is going on next door, and a photo class while a play is happening upstairs.”

Help us spread CHAW’s creative joy to all who seek it—donate to Paint Bucket.  Any amount you can give makes a difference at CHAW.   

Make your Paint Bucket donation today!  Donate online - by clicking on the purple Donate Now! button - by mail, or by calling 202-547-6839.  Contributions to CHAW are tax-deductible less any goods received.

 

Thank you for being a generous and compassionate member of the CHAW community!

Sincerely,

Jill Strachan
Executive Director

P.S.  Help us reach our $50,000 goal—donate to Paint Bucket today!