Thank you

A big thank you to the Dragon Kim's Fellowship Foundation for making my vision possible. The Dragon Kim's Foundation allowed me to pursue my passion and help me create a change to communities, by sharing tools shown at the event. The Dragon Kim Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, EIN #47-5197030. Our mission is to inspire our youth to impact their communities while discovering and pursuing their passions. The Foundation provides programs and funding to enable children to explore and pursue their passions within Academics, Athletics, and the Arts. The Dragon Kim Fellowship program supports and trains young people to develop and implement a project that impacts their community. Dragon Fellows, chosen from a competitive pool of applicants, receive leadership training, are matched with a mentor, and then are supported financially with a grant to help implement their project. This fellowship is in honor of Dragon Kim, a talented musician, athlete, and scholar who wanted to help others. Learn more at dragonkimfoundation.org Thank you so much to Gina Mari for being my mentor for this wonderful journey, and always providing me with insight to get through rough patches. I am forever grateful for this opportunity! 

Another big thank you to all the volunteers attending this event. I really could not do this without the amazing talented volunteers, and it is not to late to sign up! I cannot wait to meet you all and see you spread artistic ability among the community. I am over the moon getting this opportunity and sharing it with you all, and I hope you can make it!

One last thank you to everyone who attends! 

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