Dear kids,
Grab your paints, crayons, markers and anything else that sparks your creativity. It’s time to express yourself and tell the world what kindness means to you. One lucky child will have his or her artwork featured on T-shirts, mugs and stickers.
Bucks County Kind, a local grassroots organization that works to spread hope and kindness in the community through small acts of sharing and giving, came up with the idea.
Derrick and Jeanell Morgan, co-owners of Monkey’s Uncle, a retro, vintage-inspired Philadelphia sports store in Doylestown, thought it would be nice to partner with BCK. Its “Monkey on a Mission” initiative mentors and offers job training to students with special needs, including graphic design skills.
Those students could learn to digitalize the winning artwork and place it on mugs, T-shirts and stickers that can be sold to the public, explained Derrick Morgan, in an interview.
“We immediately loved it and the wheels started spinning around in how we could make this a reality,” said Bucks County Kind’s administrators — Joanne Petrun, Edie Weinstein and Tom Brunt — in a statement about the art project.
“This could be a classroom project or something families can do together around the kitchen table,” said organizers. “Imagine the conversations it could spark around the concept of kindness.”
Proceeds from the sales will support the Coalition to Shelter and Support the Homeless, a Central Bucks nonprofit that operates Code Blue homeless shelters in the winter and offers other services to those in need.
Students in grades K-6 can submit their original creations to buckscountykind@gmail.com.
Deadline for submission is Sept. 25. The team will review the artwork and choose the top five. The final images will be placed on the Bucks County Kind Facebook page as voting begins on Sept. 27 and ends Oct.4. The winning entry will be announced Oct. 5.
Pre-order for the T-shirts, mugs and stickers will begin Oct. 5.
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