

Please support Central Florida’s arts and cultural community through a gift to United Arts of Central Florida’s Annual Collaborative Campaign. Donations made between February 1 and April 30 to the organizations listed on this form will be matched at 15% by United Arts. A gift designated to United Arts’ Arts for ALL Fund supports operating and program grants to arts and cultural organizations, arts education programs that provide arts and cultural experiences for students, including field trips, and grants to individual artists to help them further their craft. Please consider a gift to United Arts’ Arts for ALL Fund. Donations of $50 or more receive a one year subscription to Orlando Arts Magazine. Donations of $100 or more will receive a one-year subscription to the magazine plus a United ArtsCard providing over $600 in discounts to arts and cultural performances and classes.

Throughout the month of April, you can lend a hand to build a better Sanford community. Join in making a positive statement through a simple art project. Trace your hand on a piece of cardboard, an old cereal box, a file folder or something sturdy. You may decorate it or add a word, thought, or phrase that conveys a positive message for building community. Our goal is to collect over 1,000 hands by the end of April to display throughout Sanford, from Crooms Academy to the RiverWalk, Magnolia Square to Goldsboro, and Ft. Mellon Park. This simple act is rooted in the belief that WE have the power to make our community better by reaching out to work together, hand in hand. Every Saturday in April from 9am to 11am, there will be a table set up at The Princess Theater at 115 W. 1st Street to share materials (and camaraderie!) for those who want to make hands. You can join others in creating a visible sign of our desire for a better community. Drop Off Boxes will be set up at Maya Books and Music in Magnolia Square and the Creative Sanford office in the Welcome Center. If you'd like to lend a hand in building a better Sanford, please join us and spread the word! Invite your neighbors to join in. Your cashier at the grocery store, your librarian, your kids' teachers, your choir director, your dentist, your barber, your veterinarian, the clerk at the convenience store. You get the idea. Who doesn't want a better community? For further information, contact MK Shaw at mkshaw79@yahoo.com.