Volunteer with AFN
bag makers
AFN relies on volunteers to help paint and fill the bags of art supplies. You can drop in any time we’re open. The process takes approximately 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. If your group is more than four people, please call ahead so we can save your seats! The maximum group size we can accommodate is 20 persons, whether adults or children. Please call ahead to reserve a time for your group.
All volunteering to paint and fill bags is done at our beautiful location in Denver, Colorado. We feel it’s essential for volunteers to come into Art for the Nations to experience the full story of our organization through pictures of children doing the art projects, watching our video, and seeing where all the bags have gone around the world! AND to understand that we rely on YOU to spread the word that bags are available to anyone traveling to work with underprivileged children.
VOLUNTEER SPACE
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location
324 Clayton Street
Denver, CO. 80206
CALL AHEAD
If more than four people want to volunteer, please call 303-321-1202 — otherwise, drop in anytime!
bag takers
We are happy to give bags to any mission or service team. Because of our blessings, we want to bless children around the world by giving them a chance to use art supplies. Each bag contains enough supplies for 50 children to complete four art projects. Each project may be linked to a scripture lesson and translations are available in most languages!
If you’re in the Denver area, you can pick up bags of art supplies during any of our open hours. If you need more than 10 bags, we ask you to call beforehand to ensure we can fulfill your order.
If you live elsewhere in the continental United States and would like to receive the bags of art supplies, we are happy to ship them to you. Please call, email, or fill out the bag request form at least two weeks before your trip to ensure we can ship the bags to you in time.
international
140+ Countries
ART BAGS ALWAYS ON HAND
Local Pick Up & Shipping Available
EACH ART BAG for 50 children CONTAINS:
Approximately 7 pounds of supplies and project suggestions with scriptures, which will easily fit into your checked luggage. Translations in most languages can be provided upon request, but the projects are simple enough to complete with a few words. The providential “magic” in these bags is that every little scrap of paper can be used to make something beautiful that is tied to encouraging Bible verses!
#1: Your name is important because you are. “For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb” Psalm 139:13
#2: Looking up to see evidence of our Creator. “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” Genesis 1:31
#3: People who care in the family of believers. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (# 3 A : a bonus project makes a crown to honor the risen Christ)
#4: A chain of prayer and praise. “O LORD, truly I am your servant… you have freed me from my chains. I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD.” Psalm 116:16,17
