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Chicago Cares Annual Serve-a-Thon 2011

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Hamilton Elementary School - Chicago, IL

School Auditorium Mural painted during

18th Annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-Thon

The Day of The Event:

Another year and another great experience! The adrenaline flowed, as we worked together to get our mural completed on time. My day started well before 7:30 a.m., when I arrived at Hamilton working with other leaders to get everything prepared for the day ahead. The buses arrived around 10:00 a.m. bringing all the volunteers who would be painting our auditorium mural and other classrooms throughout the school. I visited the school earlier in the week to draw the murals, so when everyone arrived we were ready to PAINT! Our mural project was all the way on the 3rd Floor this year! Luckily it was at the beginning of June and the summer heat was not fully upon us yet.

This year’s project proved a bit challenging, as I needed to come up with designs for four separate areas of the auditorium. This was quite a bit of coverage with a lot of details. I decided to design the murals in a stylized manner to mimic the already existing mural located in the center of the stage. This way everything would flow together nicely.

We had about 4 hours before we had to begin cleaning up, as buses would be arriving at 2:30 to bring everyone to Soldier Field for the volunteer celebration. Everyone worked really hard and enthusiastically throughout the day. As we were a little short on time for this undertaking, I returned the following day to complete the mural and put on some final touches -- making it pop! The photos show our progress throughout the day.

project details ...

What: 18th Annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-Thon

Where: Hamilton Elementary School

When: Saturday, June 11, 2011