DONATE
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Art from Ashes is so grateful to the businesses in the community that sponsor our programs through events and in-kind donations.
In 2021, these sponsors helped us serve 15,000 young people through creative programs at 26 different agencies, including our drop-in workshops.
Please download and review the many ways your business can serve the youth of our community, and what Art from Ashes can do to serve you in gratitude: Business Sponsor Menu
GOODS/SERVICES
Your “In-Kind” donations of Good and Services help us save the money we would normally spend, so we can use our funds directly for service to the young people. We’ve had good people provide massages, yoga workshops, and meditation workshops for our hard-working staff; tickets to events for youth, staff and volunteers; and an ergonomics expert came in for several years to adjust our work environment!
You can either shop online here or purchase much-needed items for our workshops or our office. Please see our agency Wish List!
Please contact us below, if you have services, art or writing materials, office supplies or any other gift we would rely on to support our work.
If you have already donated goods or services, fill out this form for your income tax purposes (services, unfortunately—while valuable to us—are not tax deductible).
And if you’re a professional who would be willing to offer services, we would love your support. Please contact us below, if you would like to serve in this capacity. Some services we’ve received in the past include:
Professional Photography
Ergonomics
Meditation
Massage
Yoga
Organization Services
Baking, Catering & Bartending for events
Tickets to sporting events, plays, concerts, etc
Auction items for events
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
ONLINE SHOPPING
Searching and Shopping on the Internet for Art from Ashes
You get coupons and deals; we get a percentage of your purchase. Win/Win!
Through GoodSearch and GoodShop, Art from Ashes will receive between 0.5 and 10% from more than 110,000 stores!
GoodSearch can be installed as your default search engine (Yahoo-based) and we get 1¢ per search; GoodShop gives us a percentage of wherever you shop online (and you get discounts just for participating!)
If you choose to shop Amazon, AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support Art from Ashes, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice…Art from Ashes! On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you will need to select Art from Ashes Inc. from the list before you begin shopping.
If you do purchase items on our Wish List, be sure to fill out our online donation of goods/services to receive a donation letter for IRS purposes: www.artfromashes.org/forms/in-kind-donations/
WORDS ON WHEELS
Words on Wheels Vehicle Donations
If you have a vehicle you’d like to donate, our company will pick it up and take care of all the paperwork. The money will support youth programs and the tax deduction is all yours. For more information, go here or call 858.300.2945
ADULT WORKSHOPS
Adult Workshops
Reignite your creativity by participating in our Adult Workshops! Adult writing workshops are designed to enhance the connection between the cognitive self and the creative right brain and do not focus on skills development. All levels of writers (including those who think they are not) are welcome and will benefit.
Adult Workshop Gift Certificates
Give the gift of empowerment and transformation through creativity! Your gift recipient will be able to choose from any workshop offered in 2022-23 for the cost of $175 for the entire series. Go to our Adult Workshop page and scroll down to use Paypal or mail us a check and we’ll send a gift email to the recipient.
You and your gift recipient can choose from any workshop offered in 2022-23*.
Workshops are virtual for 2022 and a combination of virtual and in-person will be available in 2023. Those choosing virtual workshops MUST register in order to be sent a writing kit!
All adult workshops support creative empowerment workshops for youth.
Nobody owns a nonprofit agency, not even the founder of the organization. It is a public trust—and everyone in the community is an integral part of the work we do.
When the young people in our society are receiving care, we all benefit: the community saves on court costs and fewer prisons (which cost taxpayers far more than programs like ours—and obviously without the transformational results); less crime; fewer teen pregnancies; less poverty; less cyclical domestic and child abuse; increased literacy; improved mental health—in fact, the benefits of restoring hope to a struggling young person are innumerable.
We continue to hold fundraisers, solicit grants, and pursue contracts with other youth organizations, and we also believe strongly in the reciprocity of individual giving. It not only benefits the recipient—in this case, the young people in our community—but blesses the giver.
There are multiple ways in addition to donating that you can join us in supporting youth voices, and really show up for our future leaders.
And please sign up for our newsletter or text ARTFROMASHES [all caps, no spaces] to 22828.
Listen
Attend our Virtual First Friday youth performances! Every first Friday of the month at 6.15pm (MST) young people willing to share their poems meet at a designated spot to share their courage and creativity! Find out where on our Events page and join us!
Engage
YOU TOO can participate in our social media writing prompts on Facebook, some of which are also in our blog. We promote breaking down the walls that separate us, and want the youth to know we’re willing to share what we’ve written, too! The more you share, the more welcoming it is for others to share.
Volunteer
Apply to be a volunteer! Not only can you support the agency in numerous needed ways, but we hope you’ll be able to tell your friends and family about the work we do from a personal perspective. People are more inclined to give financially to an organization their loved ones believe in.
