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Contact: Karin Machusic, Director of PR, Abrakadoodle; karin@abrakadoodle.com

Abrakadoodle Brings Creative Joy to Kids at Texas Children'southward Hospital

2d of three fine art events helps kids create positive memories during a challenging time

Houston, TX, Dec.17, 2014 – Thanks to an Abrakadoodle Arts for All grant, children receiving treatment at Texas Children'due south Infirmary are enjoying fine art programming that helps them experience a sense of normalcy, creative control and creative hands-on fun. The outset of three Abrakadoodle art events was held Oct. viii for approximately ten patients and siblings at Texas Children'southward Cancer and Hematology Centers; the 2nd took place Dec. 3 and served 13 patients and siblings. The concluding art event will take place in early on 2015. Abrakadoodle provided all of the art materials and pedagogy courtesy of the visitor's Arts for All grant that funds programs to benefit kids who face a multifariousness of challenging situations at locations nationwide.

"We are very grateful for the opportunity provided by Abrakadoodle for our patients to create holiday artwork that they can wait dorsum on with pride," remarked Ballad Herron, Arts in Medicine Program Coordinator, Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers. She added, "It is a joy to be able to help families brand positive memories from a very difficult fourth dimension in their lives. To bring the holidays into the clinic is to provide some sense of normalcy to these families. Thank you lot to Abrakadoodle for helping to exercise this."

Jewels shows off her art creation following her Abrakadoodle art event.

Jewels shows off her art creation post-obit her Abrakadoodle art event.

According to Charla Stuart, Program Director of Abrakadoodle-Greater Metro Houston, "I feel that our art program has had a very positive bear on on the delightful patients at the Texas Children'southward Cancer and Hematology Centers. The joy was apparent in the shining faces of our program participants as they created imaginative art works that reflected their own corresponding styles."

Abrakadoodle is a global fine art education franchise that has served more than one meg students in its creative fine art classes, art camps, too as special events, birthday parties and more. Abrakadoodle of Greater Metro Houston delivers creative art programming in Tanglewood, Briargrove, River Oaks, Memorial Park, Montrose, Upper Kirby, Galleria, Bellaire, Meyerland and West University Identify. To acquire more than virtually Abrakadoodle, visit https://www.abrakadoodle.com/tx-greater-metro-houston/.

Abrakadoodle (www.abrakadoodle.com) was co-founded in 2002 past honor-winning educator/franchise developer Mary Rogers, CFE, MA.Ed, and children's services franchising expert Rosemarie Hartnett, CFE. Abrakadoodle is the nigh comprehensive creativity and fine art education company of its kind, offering extensive visual arts classes, camps and parties for children ages 20 months to 14 years old. Abrakadoodle's programs inspire children's imaginations by immersing them in such art forms as painting, sculpting, drawing, mosaics, collage, stamping, fabric art and much more than at schools and other community locations.

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