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	<description>Helping children in crisis through creativity</description>
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		<title>Transformation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Anne Basham, Art with Heart Volunteer

When Kristi Conner, a therapist at Sound Mental Health, began using Chill &#38; Spill with some of her  teenage clients, she was thrilled to see it working right away.
“I was originally drawn to Chill &#38; Spill because I have a bachelor’s degree in arts,” says  Kristi. “Whenever [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/kristieconner/</link>
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		<title>Revive Your Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You are invited to take an
Art Journaling Magical Tour of Wonderland
Multimedia Altered Book Workshop
Saturday, August 21, 10am-5pm
McMillen Art Studio • 19360 163rd Court NE, Woodinville, WA 98072
Join us for a full-day, artistic immersion experience where artist Erin McMillen will help you unearth your spontaneity, imagination and intuition to discover your unique, individual style. Your canvas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/wonderland/</link>
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		<title>Buy Books Online and Help Kids!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We enjoyed a wonderful bookfair today at the downtown Bellevue Barnes &#38; Noble. If you missed it, there&#8217;s still a chance to participate!
Between now and July 1st, you can shop online at Barnes &#38; Noble, who will generously donate a percentage of sales to underwrite our programs. Just go to http://bn.com/bookfairs and check  the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/bn/</link>
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		<title>Gaming for Cause</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In 2005, Art with Heart invited illustrator Gregg Swearingen to participate in the &#8220;Oodles of Doodles&#8221; book project for hospitalized children. Gregg&#8217;s illustration ended up being one of the children&#8217;s favorite pages. Several years later, while visiting in Colorado, Gregg showed Art with Heart&#8217;s book to his brother in law, Jim Wittwer. Immediately impressed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/gamingforacause/</link>
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		<title>Chill &amp; Spill in Australia</title>
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We recently heard from Veronika Mihalj, a teacher and Art Therapist from Canberra, Australia. She wrote:
I wanted to let you know the work you do is an inspiration! I receive your newsletters and have followed what has been happening with Art with Heart for a couple of years now. It is so wonderful to connect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/csaustralia/</link>
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		<title>Book Fair Benefits AwH &amp; Features Children&#8217;s Book Authors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
“Your Giving Group” and Barnes &#38; Nobel of Bellevue have chosen Art with Heart to be the beneficiary of their Book Fair on June 26th. We hope you and your children can join us for a festival of fun and author book signings!
WHERE/WHEN:
Saturday, June 26 at Barnes &#38; Noble Downtown Bellevue, 626 106th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/bellevue_bookfair/</link>
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		<title>AwH Awarded $10k to Help Teens!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Art with Heart just received word that we have been awarded a grant of $10,000  from The Act of Giving Foundation, for the reprinting of our therapeutic journal, Chill &#38;  Spill. 
 The foundation is dedicated to empowering organizations that improve the quality of life for under-served, underprivileged, or impoverished people. Their 2010 giving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/actofgiving/</link>
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		<title>Chill &amp; Spill Helps Pregnant Teens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working as the Arts and Healthcare Program Coordinator for the only hospital within city limits that delivers babies keeps Sarah Colby pretty busy. The Barnes-Jewish Hospital&#8217;s Teen Pregnancy Center is one of only two clinics in the entire St. Louis metropolitan area that offers comprehensive programming to expecting teen mothers in education, developmental and medical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/sarahcolby/</link>
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		<title>Promoting Healing Through Creativity at Swedish Medical Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday April 27th, a wonderfully diverse group of participants gathered for a workshop led by Evi Feltus (Childlife Specialist at Swedish Medical Center) to learn about using creativity with hospitalized children and their siblings.

 
Participants gained an awareness of the hospital experience from a child’s perspective, and engaged in writing, drawing, and collage exercises [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/swedish2/</link>
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		<title>Art with Heart&#8217;s International Visitors</title>
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Art with Heart recently hosted a group of delegates from six different South Asian countries. Each of the delegates were leaders in their respective communities and played an important role in bringing the  arts to life in various ways. Their visit was part of a 3-week U.S. tour to learn how American nonprofits  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artwithheart.org//blog/international-visitors/</link>
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