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Inside Uplift Cali Art Bag Initiative

Meet Madelyn

Meet Madelyn

Meet Madelyn

Hi, I'm a high school senior at Moorestown Friends School. I love art and medicine, so I decided to create Uplift Art Initiative to combine my two passions for my senior Capstone project. I hope to go into the medical field as a pediatrician. I currently volunteer at a local hospital in the Emergency Department, so I understand the anxiety patients have while there.

The Project

Meet Madelyn

Meet Madelyn

 The Uplift Art Initiative is a senior Capstone project that aims to help ease the anxiety many children feel when they are patients in a hospital. These art bags can provide a way to entertain them while letting their creativity flow. Each bag will have age-appropriate materials divided into four age groups (infant-3, 4-7, 8-12, 13+). Ev

 The Uplift Art Initiative is a senior Capstone project that aims to help ease the anxiety many children feel when they are patients in a hospital. These art bags can provide a way to entertain them while letting their creativity flow. Each bag will have age-appropriate materials divided into four age groups (infant-3, 4-7, 8-12, 13+). Every dollar goes to creating another bag to help another child patient.

Welcome to Uplift Art Initiative - Every dollar helps a child patient

Welcome to Uplift Art Initiative - Every dollar helps a child patient

Welcome to Uplift Art Initiative - Every dollar helps a child patient

Welcome to Uplift Art Initiative - Every dollar helps a child patient

Welcome to Uplift Art Initiative - Every dollar helps a child patient

Welcome to Uplift Art Initiative - Every dollar helps a child patient

Art Bag Contents

Infant - 4 Years Old

5 Years Old - 7 Years Old

5 Years Old - 7 Years Old

Focus: Motor Skills

During these few years, children are learning motor skills. Most of the items in these bags help with sensory needs.

  • Chewy, Soft Playing Blocks
  • Gel Teether Keys
  • Soft Play Book
  • Magnetic Doodle Board

5 Years Old - 7 Years Old

5 Years Old - 7 Years Old

5 Years Old - 7 Years Old

Focus: Easy Creative Tasks 

Many children like to express themselves through art at this age. They enjoy drawing and using materials to bring their ideas to life.

  • Blank Sketch Book
  • Crayons
  • Washi Tape
  • Swirled Color Pencil
  • Feathers + Pompoms
  • Glue Sticks

8 Years Old - 12 Years Old

8 Years Old - 12 Years Old

8 Years Old - 12 Years Old

Focus: Creative Freedoms

By this age, children are wanting to let their imagination shine. They have more advanced materials to achieve this.

  • Blank Sketchbook
  • Washi Tape
  • Washable Markers
  • Colored Pencils
  • Colorful Paper
  • Pom-Poms
  • Elmer's Glue

13+ Years Old

8 Years Old - 12 Years Old

8 Years Old - 12 Years Old

Focus: Imaginative Independence

Teenagers are trying to figure out a lot of things at this point in their lives. Their bags will be free-flowing and let them do soothing art that can quell their anxiety.

  • Blank Sketchbook
  • Washi Tape
  • Markers
  • Colored Pencils
  • Colorful Paper
  • Bracelet String

Project Research

Interviewing Teachers

Interviewing Teachers

Interviewing Teachers

Speaking with teachers and administrators in our elementary and middle school helped me gain knowledge of the current generation of kids and art's impact on them in school

Literature Review

Interviewing Teachers

Interviewing Teachers

Writing a paper about children's imagination, art's impact on children,  neuroaesthetics, and wait times in hospitals helped me gain more insight about the impacts of my project 

Volunteering

Interviewing Teachers

Volunteering

Helping the patients in the Emergency Department has helped me understand more about their mindset while in the hospital 

Want to Learn More?

Over several months, I have been researching many different aspects of my project. I wrote a literature review about a wide variety of relevant topics. These months of research have been the foundation of 

my project, so click below if you would like to read more!

More Info

Please Support Us

Please Support Us

Your contribution will enable us to purchase supplies for the Art Bag Initiative that donates art bags to children's hospitals. We are very grateful for your generosity.

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