city of ember online download Last year, Art with Heart was blessed by Barbara Brown, who is a professional in the film industry (former script supervisor for Northern Exposure). She told her colleagues about Art with Heart and asked them to donate their time while she directed the shoot for our 2008 fundraising video.

Over a four month period, she and her crew followed us as we talked to youth who had gone through our programs, families who had been affected by our work, as well as professional mental health care workers who saw the value in our work.

She called today to let us know that the video won a Silver Telly Award in the fundraising video category – the highest award they grant. The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries annually from all over the world and annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, etc.

Special thanks also to the volunteer team who made it all possible: her husband Neil, along with Guido Ronge, Mark Anderson, Angie Bernardoni, Christina Ratcliff, Steve Colgrove, Bob Marts, David Wulzen, Vincent Gates, Mary Anne Dorward, and the folks at Clatter & Din.

Watch the Art with Heart video here!

Pictured above: Barbara (Babs) Brown, Maria Strauss and father Doug Strauss.

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