This is what happens when a popular blogger like Heather Armstrong (aka Dooce) inspires peoples with her actions and her words...
Heather traveled to Bangladesh with the groundbreaking charity Every Mother Counts, she came home and share her stories and photos on her blog, I was inspired to create some paintings based on her work, I posted an auction on a fantastic site, Daily Paintworks, to benefit the charity, and now the entire Daily Paintworks community is joining in to build the auction into something even BIGGER!
I am so excited that the DPW community will be adding their amazing work to the Challenge - inspired by the theme "Mom" - with all proceeds going towards Every Mother Counts, either directly to their team that is participating in the NYC Marathon or to the charity.
And where does the money go? To tangible, concrete projects that truly work like training midwives, building health centers, and donating medical supplies.
What can YOU do?
I encourage you to start by visiting the Every Mother Counts education page ("Toolkits") - watch a couple of the movies, see what needs there are. It only takes a few moments, and you will see that change can and should happen.
If you are an artist - paint! Think "Mom" - paint from your favorite photo, set up a still life with her favorite colors, ask her to sit for a portrait! (Don't stop there - you can also donate any painting you'd like!) Sign up to add your painting to the auction.
If you are an art lover - BID! These are amazing paintings for an amazing cause. I guarantee good warm fuzzies and general feelings of happiness whenever you gaze upon your original work of art!
If you are reading this - SHARE! Chose a few of your favorite paintings and click the "LIKE" button to post it on Facebook, tweet this post, post your favorite paintings in the auction to Pinterest - whatever! By sharing the auction you are becoming part of an amazing team, and we appreciate it so much :)
***A quick note about my paintings...I had an technical issue with my auction duration when I listed the paintings, and now that is fixed! So they will be available until October 25th instead of October 20th. Thank you!***
Happy Painting!
Heather traveled to Bangladesh with the groundbreaking charity Every Mother Counts, she came home and share her stories and photos on her blog, I was inspired to create some paintings based on her work, I posted an auction on a fantastic site, Daily Paintworks, to benefit the charity, and now the entire Daily Paintworks community is joining in to build the auction into something even BIGGER!
I am so excited that the DPW community will be adding their amazing work to the Challenge - inspired by the theme "Mom" - with all proceeds going towards Every Mother Counts, either directly to their team that is participating in the NYC Marathon or to the charity.
And where does the money go? To tangible, concrete projects that truly work like training midwives, building health centers, and donating medical supplies.
What can YOU do?
I encourage you to start by visiting the Every Mother Counts education page ("Toolkits") - watch a couple of the movies, see what needs there are. It only takes a few moments, and you will see that change can and should happen.
If you are an artist - paint! Think "Mom" - paint from your favorite photo, set up a still life with her favorite colors, ask her to sit for a portrait! (Don't stop there - you can also donate any painting you'd like!) Sign up to add your painting to the auction.
If you are an art lover - BID! These are amazing paintings for an amazing cause. I guarantee good warm fuzzies and general feelings of happiness whenever you gaze upon your original work of art!
If you are reading this - SHARE! Chose a few of your favorite paintings and click the "LIKE" button to post it on Facebook, tweet this post, post your favorite paintings in the auction to Pinterest - whatever! By sharing the auction you are becoming part of an amazing team, and we appreciate it so much :)
***A quick note about my paintings...I had an technical issue with my auction duration when I listed the paintings, and now that is fixed! So they will be available until October 25th instead of October 20th. Thank you!***
Happy Painting!
1 comment:
Beautiful paintings, Kristina, and great idea to lead us all in the direction of helping out this great cause. I hope the auctions will be very successful and that lots of money will be raised!
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