Greater than 100 youngsters on the Lucile Packard Kids’s Hospital will have the ability to take a look at out their artwork abilities after Los Gatos Excessive College sophomore Rosa Sahandi donated supplies for the sufferers.
The 15-year-old raised funds and assembled 110 artwork kits with paints, paper and brushes final November, and he or she plans to take the time an official nonprofit known as Art4Youth.
“I used to be trying to find volunteer work and one of the best ways to have an effect in my neighborhood, as a result of I do know residing in Los Gatos, I’m somebody who’s very privileged and different individuals don’t have the identical alternatives rising up that I had,” Sahandi stated.
“Making a nonprofit the place I used to be actually captivated with artwork and serving to different kids have the chance to get pleasure from artwork like I did could be the largest impression, in order that’s what precipitated me to start out Art4Youth.”
Sahandi designed and launched an internet site for the venture, Art4Youth.org, and wrote the mission assertion: “Give each youth who wants it a childhood full of creativity and the enjoyment of artwork.”
In October, she hosted a bake sale in downtown Los Gatos the place she raised $890. She stated she hopes to have one other fundraiser quickly so she will make and donate extra artwork kits for youths throughout the Bay Space.
Sahandi performs varsity tennis for Los Gatos Excessive College and stated she desires to main in biology or neuroscience.
“As a toddler I actually loved artwork courses, I took artwork classes outdoors of college. It was a very large a part of me rising up,” Sahandi stated. “Even now, I actually get pleasure from drawing and portray.”