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Children's Healing Art Project (CHAP)

Org #4673
Vetted since 2010 Site Visit Verified
2006
year founded
$96,873
raised on GlobalGiving
13
years fundraising
0
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

Children's Healing Art Project (CHAP) brings the healing power of art to children and families facing medical challenges. Our mobile team of teaching artists work in local hospitals, clinics and community art spaces. Research demonstrates the importance of art in the healing process: It helps patients and family members cope, encourages compliance with treatment plans, increases self-confidence, encourages self-expression, reduces stress, pain, isolation and anxiety and promotes quality of life.

Projects (1)

Project Leaders
Children's Healing Art Project
Children's Healing Art Project
Barb McDowell
Barb McDowell
Sharon Perrins
Sharon Perrins
Team
Faye Pendergrass, Sharon Jaye Perrins, Carolyn Brecht, Maxine Hartswick, Barb McDowell, Yany Avelar, Haley Reda
Organization Information
8065 SE Grand Ave
Ste 160
Portland, OR 97202
United States
(503) 243-5294
Organization Information
8065 SE Grand Ave
Ste 160
Portland, OR 97202
United States
(503) 243-5294

Project Reports

Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:

Maceo's Creative Journey in the Hospital

By Barb McDowell | Executive Director

Fourteen-year-old Maceo has a sweet and thoughtful personality - a young man of few words, but boundless imagination. Long before Maceo’s hospital journey, he and his parents Grace and Opie... Read the full report ›

The Healing Power of Art

By Barb McDowell | Executive Director

Art heals...and this young artist knows that well. While recently in the hospital, Model Magic clay was the choice for the day for making a colorful, creative gnome! Each year, thousands of children... Read the full report ›

Making Art Inevitable at CHAP

By Sharon Jaye Perrins | Lead Hospital Art Teacher

Put a little clay in front of a child and see what happens. That’s what CHAP art teachers Maxine and Carolyn do so frequently and they are dazzled every single time. Lucca (age 3) came to the... Read the full report ›
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