Drawn To Help was created to supplement existing art programs at hospitals, camps and treatment facilities around the country. We help arrange visits by successful cartoonists and talented artists who want to have their own tremendous impact on the lives of these children.
Our volunteers do bedside visits with pediatric patients and provide group sessions with children whose conditions allow them to participate in a more social setting. Our lessons are tailored to fit the abilities and needs of each child, making it as easy and fun as possible for them.
For really young children who are still developing their motor skills, we’ll draw whatever they request and let them color the art.
The kids receive a free packet of art supplies that they can keep, and Drawn To Help donates small libraries of art instruction books to every location we visit.
We’ve also created a huge digital collection of art activities that we’re making available on flash drives, full of printable downloads that can be used by the patients, their families, Child Life Specialists and other caregivers free of charge. That helps us reach out to young patients in areas we might not be able to reach otherwise. They can choose from awesome coloring pages, step-by-step art instructions, mazes and all sorts of other distracting fun..
We’ve included black and white motivational posters for the children to print out, color and hang on their walls for daily encouragement and inspiration.
Drawn To Help offers behind-the-scenes training about patient confidentiality regulations. We also provide them with the proper equipment and supplies that they need.
We help these talented folks gain access to locations near them, and also provide support for volunteers who are willing to travel greater distances to share the joy of creating art with the children we serve.
For more information about who we are and what we do, don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have.
Drawn To Help is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Columbus, North Carolina. Our volunteers give children in hospitals free drawing lessons, art supplies and fun books to help provide pleasant distraction and promote healing in patients and their families.