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Andover New Jersey _ The Long Pond School
Here is a Close-up
Sparta, NJ. Middle School Earth Mural
Author Dianne Ochiltree was the featured art coach of the
day. The school's environmental club did the brainstorming for the theme
and outline of the mural. They used all types of nature books to do their
research for their drawings. Then, hundreds of 5th graders took part in an
all day process of creating the mural. The mural shows Station Park in
Sparta, NJ where the "Bag it Day "picnic takes place every year
after the families clean the town. Stop &Shop and the Health
Department sponsored this mural. It will be displayed next spring in Stop
& Shop to remind the community to plan to participate in the event.
The home of the canvas is the Mohawk Ave school where it will remain when
it is not traveling for exhibit.
Paulson contacted Art Mile founder, Joanne Tawfallis, who
is working on creating the Guinness Record of the longest mural in the
world. Paulson asked Joanne if she would like to create a mural with Alex.
Tawfallis traveled from Connecticut to New Jersey.
Joanne, the author, and Global Kids spent the day with Alex. Two
wonderful students from Connecticut helped to coach the teens.
The theme of the mural is a lion, stars, and a boy named Alex looking
through a window. As the mural flowed with stars we asked Alex to practice
"breathing in" the good stars and blowing out the cancer that
was inside of him. The mural traveled to Camp Adventure with the help of
Home Depot in Long Island, New York. The camp is for children recovering
from Cancer. The children there added to the mural by writing their
thoughts and prayers onto the canvas.
Alex is now recovering from his cancer and Global Kids plan to help him
celebrate his 6th birthday with a party.
May Alex keep breathing in those stars! We love you Alex.
The
Flood Mural, Sponsored by Cemex
Not only
did Rachael Paulson and her group donate the meals to those affected by
the flood, they also sat with the families for several days joining them
for meals and listened to them share their feelings about the disaster.
This mural was painted in remembrance of this act of
kindness. It shows the Global
Kids carrying a special gift to one of the families.
After learning that one of the families had lost the
road in front of their home and had to carry their baby across rocks and
dirt, Toys R Us donated a stroller to the Global Kids who then surprised
the family. Global kids had
to cross a tree bridge in order to get the gift to the family.
The mural was created at the Cemex Open House where a
food fundraiser helped Cemex present the Flood Relief Fund with $1,000.00.
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The
Long Pond Elementary School
students in Andover New Jersey prepared this colorful mural in
April!
Congratulations Kids!
This is a close-up of the Earth Mural from Long
Pond Elementary School. The
Sparta Middle School Earth Mural reflects the support of America's
Promise.
The
Mohawk Ave School mural was done to celebrate Bag it Day which is a
town clean up that takes place each Spring.
Alex's Mural
When author Rachael Paulson read about Alex in the newspaper, she learned
that the five year old had cancer. He was very ill and was unable to
attend school to be with other children.
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The
Flood Mural
Sponsored
by Cemex
The
Flood Mural
Sponsored
by Cemex
In August of 2000, Moms and Sussex County were
devastated by a flood that left many homeless.
The Global Kids came together and served meals to
families. Sparta restaurants
and residents joined forces creating meals to be served to large groups of
flood victims.
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