CreaTee Blog

Our Kit for Kid Campaign was a success thanks to our supporters and kind donors. 24 kids from Beacon of Hope received their CreaTee kit on November 23, 2016 at their year end party. We are proud to be part of it. The kids promised to designed their t-shirts and wear them next week during their Bird Park, Planetarium and SPCA excursion. The kids at Beacon with the guidance of the volunteers at the tuition center has been welcoming and we saw how excited they were in getting their presents. Createe is a supporter of esteem building and we believe with our...

Some often wonder how creativity and the arts help develop self esteem. Personally, I have said this before and I will say and acknowledge this again, if it was not for music and the school choir I was involved with I would not have survived school be in elementary or high school in the way that I did. It was meaningful, healing, therapeutic, joyful part of the hurtful life experiences that growing up can sometimes bring having being bullied and dealing with medical,health issues. How does arts, creativity and esteem building connect? It’s a way of self-expression.Unexpressed thoughts and feelings...

  Go Arts! Arts education refers to education in the disciplines of music, dance, theatre, and also visual arts. Below are some of the reasons why studies have shown that   the arts is extremely important and does have a tremendous positive impact that on the process of learning and growing up. Creativity- Being able to think on your feet, approach tasks from different perspectives and think ‘outside of the box’ will distinguish your child from others. In an arts program, your child will be asked to recite a monologue in 6 different ways, create a painting that represents a memory, or compose a new...

CreaTee's Kit for Kid Campaign is now on. Help us spread some cheer and love to the kids at Beacon of Hope. As part as our anti bullying initiative we ask you to join us in spreading the love of arts and building self esteem through CreaTee. Our campaign runs from today, October 7 till November 30. We are aiming minimum of 50 kits. Should we exceed, we will extend the campaign to other under low-income urban disadvantaged children. 

In my own personal life, the topic of letting go has popped up in different ways as a reminder so I felt like this time around I would like to touch on that topic. When you are bullied, dealing with it , going thru if , over it. It feels like your worth has been chipped away bit by bit and you fight to gain that strength back and you will. Having done that , no matter how long ago it was , wether you are young or old you still feel the anger, the sadness,the humiliation and even resentment...