This enriching experience once again has made me consider the ways that Crayons Matter can continue to engage to make a difference and give back in love with those globally or within my own community. Through God’s great provision, Crayons Matter will continue to collaborate with our sponsor schools and seek out partnerships with additional schools in Africa and schools locally and globally with the goal of delivering essential school supplies and art to children in need.
I again send my deepest thank you to our CM Volunteer Team that gave an immense amount of time and energy in such a dear, genuine way this week: Martin, Chantal, Julian, Francis, Godwin, Mark, Julian, and Brad. I thank the Greensboro, NC community including those in the Florida, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia communities, and friends and colleagues throughout the US and globally that have donated time, energy, Art, and gifts of support to make the Crayons Matter mission a reality. What an amazing Stella and Dot/Crayons Matter fundraiser we recetnly had - thank you, Kaki!!
I want to send a special thank you to the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro that has chosen Crayons Matter as their partner in the support of our church's Children's Outreach Ministry mission of “Children Helping Children.” God continues to provide great blessings as Crayons Matter has also served as a partner in FPC’s Africa Day Global Village Program during Vacation Bible School and has been selected to be First Presbyterian’s Children’s Outreach Project for this school year. Crayons Matter has also has the wonderful opportunity to collaborate as a Children’s Sabbath Celebration partner. There is no doubt that the vision of Crayons Matter to ensure that "no child should go without a pack of crayons that they can call their own" is becoming reality through God’s miraculous will, grace, and the love of our church community.
Thank you to Lilly for creating the inspiration and "Spark" behind Crayons Matter. After an incredible volunteer at a school in Hohoe, Ghana in 2011 through the Connecting Hearts Abroad Ambassador program, I realized the essential need for schools supplies. A BIG thank you to the Charlotte District for your help assembling backpacks in December for our Lilly Day of Service!! I am grateful for every gift of energy, art, and donation from my entire Lilly and OBU family....you guys are the best
The hope of Crayons Matter is that we can all work together to provide the basics of education to children by first inspiring their strong imaginations and supplying them with crayons, paper, backpacks, art, and other essential school supplies. By making a difference through service, we can gain a deeper understanding of the value of passionate giving.
One of my favorite songs by For King and Country, The Proof of Your Love,” reminds me of the importance of including love in all of our relationships and to give back in joy. The song quotes 1 Corinthians 13:1–7: If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
Crayons Matter is fortunate to share our story and journey. This is is just the beginning, and I am so grateful to communities far and wide for your love and enduring support.
xxx Court
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