Sharing The Arts is a program in West Palm Beach dedicated to mentoring underserved elementary school students in the arts. Sharing the Arts is led by a group of dedicated Dreyfoos School of the Arts volunteer mentors that specialize in the art areas of music, visual arts, dance, communications, and theatre. Through weekly sessions at a local school, we hope to instill in the students a love for the arts with the ultimate goal of them auditioning and attending the middle and high schools of the arts in our county– something they might not be able to do otherwise.
Sharing the Arts
The Social Cube will create a fun and safe space to prepare for college tours and job interviews and acquire vocational skills that will empower youth and young adults.
Patterson Rocks will work with Patterson High School students to create and maintain a rock garden that can be used for meditation and as a creative outlet.
My Box @Home will function as the nonprofit side of an already booming business called My Box. My Box@Home will provide health and academic kits to students who have contracted COVID-19 and must quarantine at home during the school year.
Doors to Bmore will beautify neighborhoods with vacant blocks and houses using art.
Community Reads will teach children grades K-2 about diversity through literature. The program has three parts: live readings, activity of the month and lifelong learning.
Back to WERK! aims to help women who are unemployed or underemployed get back to work and improve their career paths by providing makeovers and seminars on resume writing and building a LinkedIn profile.
GNOME was conceived from the idea that being mindful about nature and giving back to the community can benefit anyone who participates. GNOME will create community butterfly gardens in underserved communities in Palm Beach County, and eventually expand to more public locations. The project will also hold educational panels to raise awareness about environmental issues in Palm Beach County through hosting gardening lessons, events, and educational panels.
Green Garments will inform Palm Beach County students about alternatives to their current clothing purchase and use patterns, which are harmful to the environment, and waste energy and natural resources. The project will raise awareness of eco-friendly alternatives, and focus upon the recycling, reuse, repair, repurposing, and reselling of clothing through an online store and at program events.
Drop the Vape is a program that aims to decrease the number of teen vape users in Palm Beach County by establishing a new educational course for students caught with vape devices at school, offering a text-to-quit program for students hoping to stop vaping, and advocating for an increase in the proximity between vape shops and schools.
Bridging the Gap plans to work with elementary and middle schools in Palm Beach County to provide school supplies to underprivileged schools. “We hope to bridge the education inequality gap through our program in which we not only tutor students at these schools but, with funding, will be able to provide them with the supplies to truly succeed in their educational environment.”