My dear friend Purvi Shah is the founder of the Kids and Art, established in 2008, after her son Amaey, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2005. Feeling the need to create some order and meaning in her suddenly overturned world, Purvi sought a way in which she could personally make a difference – for her own child, and the thousands more like him.  She first joined The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training (TNT), ran three half marathons, and raised $14,000.  But she felt she could do more.

Purvi’s passion, background and career in design and online media proved the natural inspiration to involve kids with cancer and art.  What became the Kids and Art Foundation provides an outlet for children with cancer and their siblings to express their emotions through art, under the coaching and guidance of local Bay Area artists.  The resulting artwork, through auctions, supports leukemia and lymphoma charities.

With her friends Helen McNamara, Caroline Low and Jeanne Cox they have organized a Charity Art Auction and the proceeds will benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

My little contribution was to photograph the paintings of these amazingly talented kids, for the auction catalog. Take a look, how particularly detailed and original these work of arts are. Please join my friends next Saturday at the Bohhams and Butterfields in San Francisco, from 4 to 7pm to contribute to this important cause. For more info on Kids and Art organization and the Charity Art Auction visit www.kidsandart.org

Help me support the LLS on Thursday September 24th! For a small donation of $20 you will be helping the blood cancer research while partying on with mexican food and music. As a sponsor, I will be donating a free portrait sitting and the complete set of images on CD. This is a $650 value that could be yours purchasing one or more raffle tickets at the Vinyl Room in Burlingame! Please help my friend Georgina reach her goal and come party with us!