Watch!

Watch this short film and pass it along!

Then visit the campaign website, here.

Join me in supporting the children in Haiti through the non profit organization,

ON MY MIND Foundation!

Providing Hope to Children Through Playful Learning

Mission Statement: Our mission is to fight despair and illiteracy in children through playful and alternative learning in areas of need around the world.

Purpose Statement: ON MY MIND Foundation deploys a simple yet globally replicable program that clearly demonstrates the IMPACT of imaginative education on the real lives of children struggling for survival against all odds.

Our Tactics

• ON MY MIND Foundation provides in-kind support and financial resources to teachers, called F.I.R.E. Starters™ and schools dedicated to alternative education.
•  We are committed to creating a world-wide inventory of replicable models in “field-adapted” educational curriculum and to providing regular reports to the public via multi-media channels on our successes and challenges.
•  OMM instructors, F.I.R.E. Starters, teach in accord with the core philosophy of the OMM Foundation, restoring play and hope in broken children by focusing on fun through literacy, music, arts, and athletics.
•  Current programs are being developed in Haiti with expansion in other countries expected in 2012.

For more information visit http://onmymindfoundation.com or find us on Facebook (On My Mind Foundation).

Haiti Stands with Japan

A friend posted this video by David Darg of Haitian kids who lived through one disaster, feeling for those living through this new disaster. It is a beautiful glimpse into the hearts of kids who are connected well beyond the physical and cultural borders. This is what we should all feel whenever we find out our brothers and sisters are suffering, no matter where. One world. One love.

Aristide en route to Haiti

What does this mean for the election process?

Cinematic Excellence

Please take the opportunity to go watch this amazing documentary.

Just visit: http://www.suncitypicturehouse.com/HOME.html

Peace

I get by with a little help from my friends...

Scholastic Magazine features a story on Hope for Haiti, written by the older brother of the models I used for the book. Click here to see it.

I want to give a shout to Kaj Lund Olsen for his snappy writing and his photogenic siblings. I also want to send a heartfelt thank you to Kaj's mom, Deb Lund. Most of you know her from her excellent picture books (see below). She helped the book Hope for Haiti happen in many ways and with a generous and kind heart. THANK YOU to a wonderful family!

    

Hamptons for Haiti

I recently shipped off some signed books and the spec art I did for Hope for Haiti.

The piece was done as a visual hint at what the book would become, when my agent, Rubin Pfeffer, took the manuscript to market. And now the painting is going to be auctioned off with other works to benefit Haiti.If you are in the area, go support it and have a blast!


http://hamptonsforhaiti.org/