Businesses pitch in art supplies for area classrooms
Chicago Ad Man
classrooms. Friday, they donated art supplies to several teachers in
the area. It's an effort designed to keep students learning and
teachers from digging too deep into their own pockets.
Low budget or no budget, art teachers have to make do with what they
have that's why this art supply give away was irresistible.
"I think I died and went to art teachers' heaven. I truly do. This is a
boon. It's like a walked into a cave and it's full of golden ingots,
great treasures," said Reuven Robinson, art teacher.
Friday at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento
Blvd., the project Creative Pitch made its debut offering expensive
materials to teachers.
"The design advertising community tends to have a lot of materials we
don't use completely. We're artists who want to help the next
generation of artists," said Dian Sourelis, executive director.
>From poster boards to T-squares, to glue, crayons and fabrics, it's all
free to the art teachers who signed up to take advantage of this
opportunity.
Eric Hill has been teaching art at the Parker School, 6800 S. Stewart,
in the Englewood community for four years. He signed up for the give
away.
"I, like all teachers, spend money out of pocket and look for supplies
in other ways," said Hill.
Thirty advertising and design agencies donate the supplies for Creative
Pitch.
"This is wonderful because now our teachers who really want art
materials can have what they need for their classes. We're underfunded
in the fine arts and we think this is just woinderful," said Mary
Snyder, librarian.
Because of Creative Pitch, teachers could take back to their classrooms
supplies worth more than $1,000.