Judith Raye Paintings Makes Donation to Hurricane Sandy Children

Judith Raye, artist
Partners with K.I.D.S. in a Buy One/Give One Campaign

Judith Raye Paintings, LLC (http://www.judithraye.com) is partnering with Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. to donate new toddler tee-shirts from their Inspired by Caden collection to children affected by Hurricane Sandy. The second shipment is in transit to the east coast and will be distributed by K.I.D.Sin the New Jersey area, through Newark Now (www.newarknow.org), an organization that provides Newark residents with skills, tools, and support to transform their neighborhood.

“I am so thankful that I am in a position to help these children who are suffering and who have lost everything,” said Judith Raye Smith, owner and co-creator of a small business, Judityh Raye Paintings. “It is exciting to be able to get the community and interested citizens involved as well,” she added. The public can assist in this effort by purchasing a tee shirt or one-piece from the Judith Raye collection. For every shirt or one-piece purchased, a similar item will be donated to K.I.D.S. “We plan to keep this in place at least through the end of December, or as long as the items are needed,” she said.

Original Judith Raye art on tees and one-piece rompers

According to Smith, she is honored to be working with a charity that already does so much for needy children. K.I.D.S. helps children that are victims in a variety of situations. In the days following Hurricane Sandy, they mobilized their resources and immediately established a Hurricane Relief Fund to respond to the need for new products for children and families affected by the super storm.

According to the K.I.D.S. VP, Chris Blake, the agencies in the affected communities are in dire need of new apparel, blankets, shoes, toys, baby products and books. K.I.D.S. has set up major distribution sites in Queens, New Jersey and other locations. For more information about K.I.D.S. and how you can help, visit www.kidsdonations.org.

About K.I.D.S.
Since its inception in 1985, K.I.D.S. has provided 67 million underprivileged and disaster-struck children with over one billion dollars of NEW clothing, toys, basic necessities, juvenile products, books and much more. The donations of new products are distributed through an established network of nearly 1,000 local community social service agencies in the U.S. and abroad. K.I.D.S.’ efforts reach youth, age 0-18, and their families who are challenged by poverty, homelessness, domestic abuse, low literacy, military family service, major illness, incarcerated family members and disaster survival. For more information on donating new products and supporting our work, please visit www.KIDSdonations.org.

About Judith Raye Painting
Judith Raye Smith is a grandmother who started painting to decorate her granddaughter’s walls. Her adventure has turned into much more and her one-of-a-kind artwork is now sold on clothing, note cards and other products. You can learn more about her products, and more specifically her efforts to help in the Hurricane Sandy relief, at www.judithraye.com.

Smith is the owner and co-creator, with her husband Rawlen, of Judith Raye Paintings, LLC. For more information, call 503.784.9638. www.judithraye.com.

Contact: Chris Blake / (212) 279-5493
Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. (K.I.D.S)
112 West 34 Street / suite 1133
New York, NY 10120
United States

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