Downtown Hickory Art Crawl & Viewmont Street Strut

It has been a busy couple of weeks preparing for these events.

For starters, I had the happiness of adding 2 bouncing bundles of joy to my family on Sunday, September 16th. Jovi (she's the brown one) and Yoda (he's the other one).

Then later that night I thought I was going to lose my dad. My husband called 911 and explained his symptoms and the EMS were on route before any other information had been given. My stubborned dad, the man who taught me to give and share and to always think of others above all (I can't exclude my mom, she did too) did not want us to call for help. With that being said my father is still alive today.  Thanks to all the prayers and the knowledgeable EMS techs, nurses, and doctors I still have my dad. 

I've been and still am trying to raise money for the Humane Society of Catawba County. For the past couple of months, lets just say, I'm a little sad.  I've only raised $105, although I still have two more opportunities to share my work and help.  I'm still offering my special price so check it out and get a portrait of your special companion this offer is only until the end of September.

An old friend of mine came back into my life and I found out that he is on a mission. His mission was to travel to Sudan with the Angels of East Africa to assist in helping the children there.  I didn't completely understand what was going on in that part of the world. So, I found out that there was a movie called Machine Gun Preacher that basically showed me what was going down.  Needless to say, I was completely moved and wanted to do what I could to assist Zach on this mission, shoot my husband wants to go too.  If you haven't seen the movie check it out! To show your support you can donate to his cause at http://gogetfunding.com/project/to-live-for-others or I will be giving him 25% of my future commission until he reaches his goal. 

On top of all the giving and sharing I will be holding a raffle to help raise money for each of these causes.  It will start tomorrow night at the Downtown Hickory Art Crawl and then online. I will be selling the tickets for $3 for one ticket or $5 for two. My goal is to reach $600 for each cause, in return the winners will have the chose of a custom painting or drawing of that value.  I've always been told it's better to give than to receive and I just wanted to do my part.

In order to for this world to change we must help and care for one another every little bit we can. 

So come out tomorrow night to the Downtown Hickory Art Crawl and the Viewmont Street Strut to show your support for the arts and our community.

Peace and Joy to you all!
Phinthone

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