Kids & Family
'Buckets of Love' Offer Art Supplies, Smiles For Middletown Kids
Middletown children had an extra reason to smile this week as they opened buckets full of art supplies.
MIDDLETOWN, CT – Middletown children had an extra reason to smile this week as they opened buckets full of art supplies donated by a local artists' collective.
On Saturday, Artists for World Peace distributed the "Buckets of Love," plastic beach buckets filled with sketch pads, construction paper, chalk, markers, glue and other craft supplies to children in Middletown.
The Artists for World Peace Council of Elders handed out the buckets to children in a drive-thru pick up station on Washington Street Saturday morning and continued until all the buckets had been given out.
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"We LOVE making kids smile and sharing the love," the group posted on Facebook after the event. "Great morning in Middletown."
On Wednesday, the group brought the remaining Buckets of Love to the Amazing Grace Food Pantry in Middletown, where they were available to anyone with a child in heir life who might enjoy it.
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We wanted to bring the last BUCKETS OF LOVE to our beloved Middletown Food Pantry. Bob just dropped them off and they...
Posted by Artists for World Peace on Wednesday, August 12, 2020
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