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OUR STORY

IN 2003, LORRAINE LEMON, ALONG WITH THE HELP OF SEVERAL OTHER PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY LEADERS FORMED ART 2 HEART. ITS MISSION HAD A 3 PRONE FOCUS FOR THE YOUTH; ONE WAS TO HELP THEM IDENTIFY THEIR TALENTS AND GIFTS TO ESTABLISH A SENSE OF SELF-WORTH AND LIFE PURPOSE SECOND WAS TO HELP THEM IDENTITY AND ESTABLISH POSITIVE VALUES THAT WOULD BUILD QUALITY CHARACTER FOR MAKING BETTER LIFE CHOICES. THIRD WAS TO HELP THEM TO TAKE THOSE TALENTS AND VALUES AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO LIVING AND LEADING PRODUCTIVE LIVES. AS THE PROGRAM BEGAN TO GROW, LORRAINE BEGAN TO SEE THAT POOR READING SKILLS HAD BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST CAUSES OF FAILURE IN OUR SCHOOLS. SHE RETURNED BACK TO SCHOOL AND OBTAINED A MASTER’S DEGREE IN EDUCATION SO THAT SHE COULD WORK CLOSELY WITH EDUCATORS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE READING PROGRAM , AS WELL AS GET AN ACADEMIC VIEW OF HOW THE ARTS COULD BE INTEGRATED IN THE

• PROCESS. IT WAS THEN THAT OUR NEW PROGRAM THE READING EXPRESS AROSE

OUT OF THIS NEED.

OUR STORY CONT.

OUR ART2HEART AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM NOW CONSIST OF THREE COMPONENTS: FINE ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES AND PERFORMING SUMMER CAMPS. WITH ABOUT 93% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HOUSEHOLDS OR WORKING POOR, WE ABLE TO PROVIDE CLASSES THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A VERY GOOD HISTORY OF COLLABORATING WITH OTHER NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, IT WAS OUR RECENT MOVE TO THE NEW BCFS NON-PROFIT RESOURCES CENTER ON MAIN ST. IN KERRVILLE, THAT EXPANDED OUR THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND EFFORTS. THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS NOT ONLY ALLOWS US TO WORK BETTER TOGETHER, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO REACH MORE CHILDREN. WE CAN PROUDLY SAY SINCE OUR BEGINNING IN 2003, WE HAVE REACHED HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. MANY OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE NOW GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDING UNIVERSITIES OR HAVE BECOME PRODUCTIVE YOUNG ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

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TO USE THE ARTS AS A TOOL TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR VALUE AND WORTH THEREBY GAINING A SENSE OF PURPOSE TO BETTER SERVE THE TIMES THEY LIVE IN

MISSION STATEMENT

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OUR HOPE IS THAT ONE DAY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL INTEGRATE THEIR TALENTS AND VALUES INTO LIVING AND LEADING RESPONSIBLE AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES.

VISION STATEMENT

ART2HEART ALMUNI

DANTE GAMBLE

GROWING UP AS A MIDDLE CHILD I STRUGGLED TO

• ALL. THEN I MET MS. LORRAINE OF THE ART2HEART
• PROGRAM. MY TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS AND I

NAOMI LARA

ATTENDED TIVY HIGH SCHOOL, TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, AND IS CURRENTLY

ATTENDING TEXAS A&M LAW SCHOOL, WHERE SHE IS PREPARING TO TAKE THE BAR

EXAM IN JULY. SHE IS NOW WORKING FOR A LAW FIRM. NEUROSCIENCE MAJOR AT UNIVERSITY

OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND PART OF

STUDENT GOVERNMENT. COMPLETED A

MEDICAL MISSION TRIP TO GUATEMALA.

BEN SOLDER

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