Chicago Lost and Found is a grass-roots organization I began to help fill a void. Creative programs continue to disappear and budgets for the arts are cut every day. I believe it’s imperative to reverse these actions. Creativity is the very source of our lives. Look around you right now, creativity is essential for living. Chicago Lost and Found does our part by using the junk most people throw away.
“Where most people see trash, I see beauty.”
As the target for bullying growing up, I was the fat kid interested in art, music, theatre and anything else that wasn’t cool. My only escape from torture was creativity. I spent hours in my retreat of imagination. As an adult, I realize my freedom to create possibly saved me from alternate scenarios too often ending in tragedy.
My sole mission is to provide an outlet for anyone in similar situations. For me, creativity provides freedom and I am on a mission to share that opportunity.
Even the smallest gift is powerful and you can help right now. For the price of a cup of coffee, you become part of our mission. Consider this; if everyone reading this paragraph responds with a minimal contribution of $5.00, $10.00, or even $20.00, collectively you have the power to provide monumental funding for our purpose. Unlike some organizations, we don’t operate with huge overhead in salaries or administration costs. Your dollars directly fund hands-on art education and provide jobs for teachers and artists as well as clean up the world. You are doing a wonderful thing to encourage and share creativity.
