15 years of healing through art. Bay Area mom and founder of Kids & Art Foundation, Purvi Shah, uses the restorative power of art to help children with cancer.
iHeart Radio host Tinka Floyd-Blackmond interviews Kids & Art Foundation Programs Lead Rachel Handsman about providing art experiences to pediatric patients who are fighting cancer and other critical medical conditions and the foundation's 15 year anniversary.
Drawing on her own experience, Purvi Shah founded Kids & Art, a nonprofit that brings art to thousands of seriously ill children. Garvin Thomas reports.
The Kids & Art Foundation is celebrating its 15th anniversary this September with a series of events aimed at delivering more art-making experiences and joy to thousands of children facing cancer across the nation.
KCBS Radio afternoon anchor and A2A founder Jeff Bell shares the story of Purvi Shah whose young son passed away after a six-year battle with cancer. She started The Kids & Art Foundation after seeing the healing impact art and creativity had on children battling cancer and their family members.