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Goals:
1. To provide patients with "Bag of Smiles" Creative Art Care Packages. These packages will promote activities such
as drawing, creative writing and sculpting. Hospital staff will distribute the packages while the children are
in the hospital.
2. To provide individual arts and craft kits to hospital departments and clinics where children wait for lengthy
treatments.
3. To offer patients a monthly card program. Handcrafted cards will be included with each Creative Art Care
Package.
4. To sponsor patients' attendance at the Progressive Education of Children in the Arts Network's
(PECAN, Inc.) annual art camp and seasonal workshops.
5. To provide families with assistance through workshops, seminars and family care kits. Families with
financial difficulties will be identified by a hospital worker. Care Kits may include personal toiletries for overnight
hospital stays as well as telephone cards, gift certificates for gasoline, groceries, and/or local restaurants.
Definition:
Caitlin’s Smiles is a program to help children with life threatening illnesses by giving them hope, laughs and
smiles. Caitlin’s Smiles was founded under the umbrella of PECAN, Inc. (Pennsylvania Education of Children in the Arts
Network). It is a nonprofit 501 c-3 organization. Founded in 2001, the mission of PECAN is to aid and support the development
of young people into confident human beings while participating in music and the arts.
Funding:
Our funds come from grants, community and civic groups, businesses, manufacturers, special events, churches, schools
and private donations. We do not use telemarketers.
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