Tripling Our Impact with a Back to School Fresh Start Fundraiser

Founder, Jennie Lobato, conducts show and tell

This school year, we are excited to give vulnerable youth a genuine "Fresh Start" by tripling our programming from one to three shelter visits per week. 

This expansion allows us to provide more consistent, intentional, and healing-centered art experiences that truly support each child on their journey. To maintain the momentum, we’re asking for your help. 

Why Your Donation Matters

Our Back to School Fresh Start Fundraiser is more than a drive for supplies; it's a direct investment in the futures of at-risk youth in our community. We believe that every child deserves a safe space to create and express themselves. 

Your donation helps us provide consistent, year-round programming that empowers children to thrive. By supporting our fundraiser, you are investing in their futures and offering them the gifts of art and hope.

Your Donations in Action

Our ability to launch a campaign to triple our services is a direct result of the foundational growth we achieved in 2024. These accomplishments, made possible by supporters like you, have equipped us to expand our capacity and deliver on our promise to offer even more "Fresh Starts" this school year.

Our success in securing a competitive $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant is a testament to our proven model and sets the stage for our continued growth. We have also enhanced our ability to deliver high-quality programming by training three new volunteer Program Leads, ensuring that as we triple our sessions, each child continues to receive focused, individualized attention.

Furthermore, we strengthened our operations by hiring Accordus for accounting and database support and improving our policies through partnerships with the Pro Bono Partnership and the Georgia Council for Nonprofits. This robust operational foundation gives us the confidence and capacity to take on our most ambitious goal yet: tripling our programming.

Volunteer, Melissa Syler, helps family with art project.

Our commitment to our mission was also demonstrated this summer, where we provided full scholarships to 80% of our Summer Art Camp attendees, offering unhoused children a joyful, creative summer through our most successful fundraising campaign yet. This is the kind of impact your support enables, and we are now ready to continue this momentum and offer an even bigger "Fresh Start" this fall.

Fresh Start Fundraiser Begins Now!

Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram @drawchange to join our 10-day countdown, which begins on July 25th and leads up to the first day of school on August 4th! You can join our mission to empower children through art therapy this school year at drawchange.org/donate. Follow along on our journey as we work to bring a fresh start to every child this year and beyond.