In December 2015, I started Brushstrokes With Impact™, a campaign where I merge art, community, and raising money for causes I feel strongly about. Over the course of 113 “Paint-a-Thon” events (which have taken place in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York), I’ve been able to donate over $21,450 to national and local charities. Here is a list of the causes I’ve raised money for so far:
- National Foundation for Cancer Research’s “Play4TheCure” program (x2)
- Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (x13)
- ArtVan (x16)
- Coastal Humane Society/Midcoast Humane (x6)
- Cathance River Education Alliance (x2)
- Good Shepherd Food Bank (x7)
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick
- Rogers Haircutters Dempsey Challenge Team
- Curtis Memorial Library (x4)
- Realtors Against Homelessness
- Long Island Cares, Inc.- The Harry Chapin Food Bank
- Portland Press Herald Toy Fund (x9)
- Claremont Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry
- Maine Audubon (x3)
- The Telling Room
- Friends of Curtis Memorial Library
- Brunswick Coastal Rotary’s Shelter Boxes For Texas campaign
- The Welcome Blanket Project
- The Greater Boston Food Bank
- Brunswick Coastal Rotary’s Burundi Mission Hospital & Clean Water project
- MusiCares (x8)
- Hope Lodge of Boston
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust (x6)
- Janie Chase Cozzi ’19 Memorial Fund
- The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp
- Freeport Harraseeket Grange #9’s community programs
- Brunswick Area Teen Center
- Backline/Conscious Alliance (x4)
- Neal Casal Music Foundation (x9)
- Divided Sky Foundation (x3)
- Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine (SASSMM) (x3)
- Maine Needs
If you are interested in creating a future collaboration, please email maria [!at] brushstrokesbymaria.com.
I was featured on WCSH recently! https://youtu.be/-tMRMYS4W5I?si=HOFP2C72MJTRW-h3
Brushstrokes With Impact ™ made the Portland Press Herald! Read the Article
Daffodils (Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust)
Bouquet (Midcoast Humane)
Magical Morning Glory (MusiCares)
Yellow Coneflower (Maine Needs)
Be The Light (Press Herald Toy Fund)
Marguerite Daisy (Good Shepherd Food Bank)
Calendula (Curtis Memorial Library)
Damask Rose (Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine)
Monarch and Butterfly Bush (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
Yellow Daylily (Divided Sky Foundation)
Bachelor's Button (ArtVan)
Quince Blossoms (Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program)
Luna Moth (Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust)
Lucky Rabbit (Midcoast Humane)
Rose (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
Borage (Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine)
Peace On Earth (Press Herald Toy Fund)
Pumpkin Love (Good Shepherd Food Bank)
Treasure Flower (ArtVan)
Monarch and Goldenrod (Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine)
Begonia (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
Gerbera Daisy (Good Shepherd Food Bank)
Sarah's Dianthus (Divided Sky Foundation)
Too Too Tulip (Curtis Memorial Library)
Twinkle Twinkle Periwinkle (Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust)
Cosmic Cosmo (Midcoast Humane)
Jumping Jupiter (ArtVan)
Beach Rose (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
Mistletoe Crow (Press Herald Toy Fund)
Da-Da-Dahlia (Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program)
Happy Aster (ArtVan)
Coneflower, Late Summer (Good Shepherd Food Bank)
Starry Starry Sunflower (Divided Sky Foundation)
Flower Music (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
Bluebird Of Happiness (ArtVan)
Mikey G's Busy Bee (MidCoast Hunger Prevention Program)
V's Butterfly (Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust)
Allium (Backline)
Tulip Trip
(Good Shepherd Food Bank)
Shine On You Crazy Full Moon (ArtVan)
Paint Brush Tree (Press Herald Toy Fund)
The Shaman's Fire (Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program)
Spinning Sunflowers (Backline)
Psychedelic Pansy (ArtVan)
All The Luck In The World (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
Blue Jay Buddy (MusiCares)
A Cardinal For Neal (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
Forget Me Not (Good Shepherd Food Bank)
Tulip Petal (Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust)
Crocus Cacophony (MusiCares)
What A Beautiful Buzz (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
Pineal Pinecone (ArtVan)
Heavenly Peace (Portland Press Herald Toy Fund)
Apple Of My Eye Of Horus (Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program)
Sunflower Potential (ArtVan)
Shine Your Light (Backline)
Neal Flower (Neal Casal Music Foundation)
PDC Love (MusiCares)
Art Heals (ArtVan)
Baby Chard (Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo) (Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program)
Music Is Love (MusiCares)
Magical Nature (Midcoast Humane)
Raven's Orchid (Backline/Conscious Alliance)
Carla's Bee (ArtVan)
We Wish You A Foxy Christmas (Press Herald Toy Fund)
Electric Buddha (Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program)
Sunflower Love (MusiCares)
Be Free (Brunswick Area Teen Center)
Work In Progress (ArtVan)
Garlic Scape Love (Freeport Harraseeket Grange #9's Community Programs)
Purple Poppy (Maine Audubon)
Fiddleheads And Ferns (Good Shepherd Food Bank)
Skull, Ghost Ranch (MidCoast Hunger Prevention Program's "Backpack Program")
Tulip Potential (The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp)
Owl Was Made For Loving You, Baby (Cathance River Education Alliance)
Love Light Lotus (Janie Chase Cozzi '19 Memorial Fund)
Know Peace, Snow Peace (Press herald Toy Fund)
Orb of Love (ArtVan)
Cat Gods (Midcoast Humane)
Cantaloupe (MidCoast Hunger Prevention Program's "Backpack Program")
Dill Explosion (Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust)
You Are The Light (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline)
Butterfly (MidCoast Hunger Prevention Program's "Backpack Program")
Hope In Bloom (Hope Lodge of Boston)
First Tulip In Amsterdam (ArtVan)
Rainbow of Sound (MusiCares)
Seeds Of Love (MidCoast Hunger Prevention Program's "Backpack Program")
Water Is Life (Brunswick Coastal Rotary's Burundi Mission Hospital & Clean Water project)
O Peaceful Tree (Press Herald Toy Fund)
Not-So-Delicate Flower (The Greater Boston Food Bank)
With Liberty And Pumpkin For All (The Welcome Blanket Project)
Always Keep a Peaceful Center
(Brunswick Coastal Rotary's "Shelter Boxes For Texas" campaign)
Transform With A Book (Friends Of Curtis Memorial Library)
Happy Cardinal (Maine Audubon)
Blossom In My Driveway (The Telling Room)
14 Carrot Cake (ArtVan)
Books Give You Wings (Curtis Memorial Library)
Let It Bee (Maine Audubon)
Avocado Star (Claremont Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry)
Hungry For Peace (MCHPP Backpack Program)
Give From The Heart (Portland Press Herald Toy Fund)
Heart Beet (Long Island Cares- Harry Chapin Food Bank)
Autumn Leaf (Realtors Against Homelessness)
Black-Eyed Susan (Curtis Memorial Library)
Rising (Rogers Haircutters Dempsey Challenge Team)
Magical Mystery Flowers (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick)
The Lotus In The Lemon (NFCR’s Play4TheCure)
Serving Love (Good Shepherd Food Bank)
Earth Flower (Cathance River Education Alliance)
Green Lucky Cat (Coastal Humane Society)
Paint Tube (ArtVan)
Apple (MCHPP Backpack Program)
Heal (NFCR’s Play4TheCure)
