News Release

Norfolk, VA, Dec.17, 2014 – Thanks to the Give Back Project, which is funded by the Virginia Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (VACRAO), children in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area will benefit from creative art programming from grant recipient Abrakadoodle. Abrakadoodle of Norfolk and Virginia Beach provides art classes, camps and events featuring hands-on art activities that enable kids to explore techniques and artistic styles. Abrakadoodle’s trained instructors guide, encourage and inspire children to learn by doing while becoming familiar with new ideas. Abrakadoodle’s programs include specialty camps, integrated and after school classes, in-school field trips and special events in a variety of locations throughout Norfolk, Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore.

Photo: Emily Porter of Abrakadoodle and Ashley Woodard of VACRAO

“Since our conference theme is centered around the arts, Abrakadoodle is the recipient of a monetary donation of over $500 and a wide variety of art supplies,” said Ashley Woodard, current president of VACRAO. She added, “Every year, the Registrars and Admissions compete, and I’m sad to announce the Registrars have won in donating the most items.”

Abrakadoodle of Norfolk and Virginia Beach currently provides art programs through a partnership with the Barrier Islands Center in offering both First Field Trips to the preschool classes of Northampton County Public Schools, as well as art lessons for groups of migrant workers’ children of the Eastern Shore. Abrakadoodle also works with the Hope House Foundation seasonally to offer children’s art activities during spring and fall at the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival.

“We are so grateful for this acknowledgement of our art education efforts,” remarked Emily Porter, Education Director of Abrakadoodle of Norfolk, Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore. “We have exciting plans in store for this very generous donation and look forward to enhancing the lives of children with art experiences that ignite their imaginations and fosters new skills, creativity development and confidence.”

Abrakadoodle is a global art education franchise that has served more than one million students in its creative art classes, art camps, as well as special events, birthday parties and more. To learn more about Abrakadoodle, visit http://www.abrakadoodle.com/va-norfolk-virginia-beach/.

Abrakadoodle (www.abrakadoodle.com) was co-founded in 2002 by award-winning educator/franchise developer Mary Rogers, CFE, MA.Ed, and children’s services franchising expert Rosemarie Hartnett, CFE. Abrakadoodle is the most comprehensive creativity and art education company of its kind, offering extensive visual arts classes, camps and parties for children ages 20 months to 14 years old. Abrakadoodle’s programs inspire children’s imaginations by immersing them in such art forms as painting, sculpting, drawing, mosaics, collage, stamping, fabric art and much more at schools and other community locations.

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