Classmate Darcy (Troy) Pollack is coordinating the Yale Day of Service project in LA on May 16. Here is what she Darcy passed along:
We will be working with the non-profit organization P.S. Arts to repaint a mural that was vandalized at Grand View School in Mar Vista. As you know, public schools are struggling with their budgets, and the arts have been severely impacted. P.S. Arts is dedicated to restoring arts education to Title One public schools (75% of families live at or below Federal Poverty Level), and currently provides programs in Visual Arts, Music, Theater and Dance to 12,000 students at 25 schools. At Grand View, P.S. Arts provides free visual arts and music for every child during their school day. Vandals recently destroyed the mural that was created by P.S. Arts students, and restoring it will not only clean up the school, but also will raise the spirits of students and faculty alike.
The project will run May 16 from 10AM to 2PM, and you are welcome to come at any point during that time to help out. This is a great activity for children as well as adults, and we will have arts and crafts if you do have any children you would like to bring with you. We will also have snacks and drinks to help you refuel.
Grand View School is located at 3951 Grand View Blvd., Los Angeles 90066.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=3951+Grand+View+Blvd&zipcode=90066
You can park on the street or in the Grand View parking lot. There will be signs directing you to the arts bungalow, which is just behind the school parking lot. If you have any questions that day (or before), please feel free to email me or call me at 310-740-7732.
Finally, P.S. Arts would welcome any donations of art supplies -- a box of crayons, package of construction paper, etc. This is absolutely not required, but certainly would be appreciated.
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