Mimi Shackelford
It is such a joy to be with the children and see them grow. I love playing with them through the arts, and I love introducing them to new ideas and new ways to use their minds, their hands, and objects around them. Many of these children have been dealing with their illness for years and its intensity and demand...
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Eat out at your favorite Winston-Salem restaurants
on Thursday, March 25 and help kids in need!

Arts For Life Winston-Salem will present its first annual Healing Meals event on Thursday, March 25th. This event brings together local restaurants and people in the community to raise funds that will benefit hundreds of children facing medical challenges through art education. Restaurants will donate a portion of their sales on March 25th to Arts for Life.

Participating Restaurants Include:

• Mozelle's
• 6th and Vine
• Grecian Corner
• Bib's
• Foothills Brewery
• Mellow Mushroom
• Big Shotz
• Noma
• Xia's
• Christopher's New Global Cuisine Please join us at Christopher's for a special Spring Wine Tasting the night of Healing Meals!
• Mary's of Course! Cafe
• The Loop Pizza Grill
• The Carving Board
• BLL Rotisserie Factory
• Meridian Restaurant
• The Village Tavern
• 1703
• Downtown Thai and Sushi Restaurant and Bar
• Krankies Coffee
• Soups Vietnamese Pho & Grill
• Paul's Italian Restaurant
• Downtown Deli
• Senor Bravo
• Burke Street Pizza
• Ombu Wood Fired Fusion
• Nawab Indian Restaurant
• Kowloon Chinese Restaurant
• Cagney's
• Chili's on Hanes Mill Rd
• Jimmy's Seafood and Oyster Bar
• La Carreta Mexican Patio
• Twin City Diner

Check back often to see full list of participating restaurants.

Ashton Blackman, mother of young patient Lily, describes the benefits of Arts For Life saying:

“Is the art table open? Can I go straight to the art table after I get hooked up?” These are the questions Lily is most concerned with when we tell her we are heading to the hospital. It is the reason that after five days of chemotherapy, Lily cried when leaving. She didn’t want to go. She wanted to stay just a day or so longer. The Arts for life folks are the Willy Wonkas and AFL’s art table and musical instrument cart are Lily’s chocolate factory. It’s a world of pure imagination; if she can dream it, they will do it. We have made art, music and friends for a year now with the Arts for Life program. This special group of people are compassionate and professional, discreet and enthusiastic. In a place where there is so much devastation, frustration, uncertainty and fear, the Arts for Life staff create calm, happy moments and memories. For each of those moments and memories, we are very grateful!