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Giving Back

updated May 25, 2025

It has always been important to me to "give back", both through my art and in my personal life. Here are some ways I used my art to help others:

  • Through efforts at my studio (2011-2015) and personal donations, I have been able to:
    • raise $1,000 for The Water Project (which helped rehabilitate a well in Kenya)
    • coordinate (and participate in) efforts to donate 1,200+ knitted and crocheted rectangles to Warm Up Akron! and 75+ scarves for children in area homeless shelters
    • donate $400 to Life Is Good No Matter What (an area charity which helps provide "cherished" experiences for adults with Stage 4 cancer) through selling limited edition painted wheel covers and direct donations
    • donate $50 for the Human Rights campaign
    • raise $380 for the All-American Soap Box Derby (to pay for two children to attend a week-long camp in summer of June 2014) through the sales of specially designed ornaments
    • knit scarves and/or hats for Akron Snow Angels
    • create/donate original art to local charity auctions, non-profit organizations, etc.

Buyer at Andrea Rose Teodosio's ART fundraiser

Bowl I painted

  • In November 2011, the Akron Art Museum liked a painting I had done of the museum so well that they had ornaments created with the image; they also used the image on promotions for Holiday Mart and included the ornament in the showcase celebrating the museum's 90th anniversary.

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  • I have given permission to Stark County Convention and Visitors' Bureau and an area hospice to reproduce my art
  • In November 2017 I held a fundraiser at my home for the Save the Children foundation. I raised a total of $400 to buy chicks, ducks, a pig, bees and a cow. (The funds were matched by Johnson & Johnson, bringing the total to $800.)
  • The Gay Games 2014 committee asked me to paint a Soap Box Derby car which was used in the opening ceremonies at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

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