Aspiring Artists

(Aspiring Artists™ student, Connor, age 10 assists Ms. Stasiak with the camp)

Aspiring Artists held a fundraiser to benefit Neptune Youth in July of 2006. Young artists wanted to give other young artists the same art opportunity that they just had, so Aspiring Artists' students exhibited their impressionistic masterpieces in a gallery-like fashion in Spring Lake, NJ raising over $1500.00 for Neptune's Youth. Debra Stasiak used the fundraiser's profit to offer a week long summer camp at Neptune's Housing Authority. The Neptune Youth were grateful to Aspiring Artists' students for providing the funds necessary to run the camp. The fundraiser also helped Aspiring Artists' students further develop their sense of social consciousness, for students realized that they could make a positive difference in our world by providing positive art experiences. It was a heart warming event that Aspiring Artists plans to make a yearly tradition.

The From My Painting to Yours™ will choose a different charity each year, so Aspiring Artists' students can help "bridge the gap" for other children who desire the same art experiences.