When times are challenging or scary, I find that one of the best ways of boosting my resilience is to be of service to others. As a way of celebrating my birthday month, I’d like to pay forward the joy and healing that art has brought me by sharing my support for a grassroots project called Art for Aid and inviting you to join me.  

Art for Aid is a grassroots project led by Colleen Gray, a Metis artist who collects and ships donated new and gently used quality art supplies to remote northern Indigenous schools and communities across Canada who have requested this support.

Monetary donations are used to buy supplies or towards the substantial shipping costs.“Colleen believes strongly in the power of art to invite healing and provide a creative vehicle to help break the rigors of isolation for Indigenous youth.” As it says on the Art for Aid website, we "can help build bridges of reconciliation through this powerful project."