TBT: BEAM ME UP

 TBT: Thanks to my neighbor and friend Linda who is on the board of United Way, another wonderful community service project began where community volunteer possibilities are posted for each month listing the job description, date(s), times, frequency and place. 

Linda made sure to tell me about a special possibility in particular since it is a new Easter Seals program called A.R.T. with summer volunteer training sessions.  She had me pegged correctly.

This program sounded fascinating and would take place less than 10 minutes from home. Students come to this center for physical therapy, life skills, computer classes, music and art. Yet, one particular group of wheelchair students with limited use of hands/ feet couldn't participate in their art program until some brilliant person came up with a headband with a red laser beam to be used to aide verbal ability.

Pointing the red laser beam tells us volunteers all the artist's desires: color choices, type of instruments to use as paint brushes (kitchen utensils, sponge forms, molds, etc) and also indicates where they want them used on the canvas. 

Completion is dependent on the artist and one hour is generally not enough time, not just due to paint drying, but also if our artist tires with so many decisions.

Below is one of our proud artists whose work behind us took 3 classes to complete. You can see how happy she is with her finished product which will be stretched onto a frame. (She wanted the headband off for the photo.)

In the fall, there will be a fundraiser for this Easter Seals Art program, and our artists' paintings will be auctioned off...

I may go home wearing some paint, but I also have a very full heart...