Juli Hanz The Arts For Smiles Foundation is a registered 501c3 Tax Exempt Non Profit Organization registered in the USA.

When children play, the world wins!

The organization is set up to give children free lessons in different areas of the Arts  to encourage and teach children to express themselves through art mediums in a fun and conducive environment, thereby using the Arts as a form of therapy for children's mental wellbeing. Volunteer artists from different areas such as painting, drawing, sculpture, crafts, etc. meet with children once a month at our "Do-It-Yourself Colors Art Party" held at different locations around the Kansas City area, where event participants are given free art supplies and food/snacks/drinks at these meetings. We also meet twice a year for "Colors Galleria" - an event where art works by the children will be exhibited. In December of every year, we have the "Kiddies Year End Free Toys Giveaway" where toys are given to children in and around our community. 

"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future." - John F. Kennedy

"Every child is a different kind of flower and all together make this world a Beautiful Garden."

"In these times of pain, sorrow and suffering around the world, it is time to use our gifts and passion to show our children a world of smiles.

"Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more like everyone else." - Sydney Gurewitz Clemens

"Time spent playing with children is never wasted" - Dawn Lantero