The Kiwanis Club of Richardson presents the Artists for Angels program

Who: Kiwanis Club of Richardson

What: Artists For Angels artwork sales

Why: Raise money for children's programs benefiting children with cognitive and physical difficulties

Contact Person: Marshall Kregel, mkregel1@tx.rr.com

Next event: TBA (we do this fund-raising event about every 2 years)

The Kiwanis Club of Richardson presents the "Artists for Angels" Kiwanis Club program to raise money for the Dallas wheelchair ramp project plus the "Angels" sports programs and activities for children with cognitive challenges in the Richardson and North Dallas areas.

The Challenge:

The Richardson Kiwanis Club started an Angels T-ball program for physically or cognitively challenged children in the Richardson area. These are kids who wouldn’t otherwise have an opportunity to play in an organized sports league. We want to expand this program to benefit more children and spread the program to other towns. We have teamed up with the Richardson YMCA to assist in the expansion of this program.

The Plan:

Get art programs at High Schools and Community Colleges to produce some student art to donate to this worthy program. Also, ask local artists to donate small items that we can sell at our main sales events. Donated artwork for charity can be paintings, ceramics, pottery, sculptures, metalwork, handmade paper, jewelry, glasswork, and crafts. Also, we will contact independent and professional artists through networks, media contacts and sales outlets to let them know about this opportunity to donate 1 or more items to help these programs.

The Richardson Kiwanis Club will set up shows and sales at local festivals and art venues and sell the donated artwork.

Volunteers:

WE NEED ARTISTS TO CONTRIBUTE ARTWORK! Contact us if you have something to donate. We promote our artists with website mention, local media exposure (newspaper and magazine), and by passing out artist media (cards and brochures) to the public during the sales events. If you are an Artist and would like to help plan our programs, please contact Marshall Kregel at mkregel1@tx.rr.com . Thank you!

In the meantime, visit www.artbiz101.com to see some of the artists that have donated materials to us in the past. They are in the "Interviews" section. We appreciate all the folks who have helped our Angels programs over the last 5 years.

If you have artwork to donate or would like to volunteer time to our sales, please contact Marshall Kregel at mkregel1@tx.rr.com . Our next event is tentatively scheduled for Spring of 2010.