There are many things you may not notice about Isaak the first time you meet him.  For instance, you may not know that he is in the middle of three-year-long treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  You may not be able to tell that he hates taking liquid medicine, or that he hardly flinches anymore when he’s getting his blood drawn. 
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Arts For Life helps children all day everyday in four cities across North Carolina.

Arts For Life Asheville
Program Director: Annie Rogers
Location: Mission Hospital/Mission Reuter Children’s Outpatient Center
Annie Rogers and her team of interns, artist fellows, and volunteers provide over 130 hours of direct art lessons to young patients at Mission Hospital each week. They teach lessons at our art stations and at patients’ bedsides.
Programs:
Clinic Art Station (AFL operates 2 art stations 5 days a week for 8 hours each day at the Zeis Clinic and the Huff Center)
Monthly Oncology Art Group for Teens
Inpatient Art Lessons
Fellowship Program
Internship Program
Individual Music Lessons
Volunteer Program

Arts For Life Charlotte
Program Director: Sarah Pike Alexander
Location: Presbyterian Hospital’s Hemby Inpatient Unit and Blume Clinic
Sarah Alexander and her team of volunteers and interns teach over 50 hours of art lessons to young patients each week. They teach lessons at AFL’s clinic art station and at patients’ bedsides and in treatment areas.
Programs:
Clinic Art Station (Blume Hematology/Oncology Clinic)
Inpatient Art Lessons
Internship Program
Volunteer Program
Junior League Volunteer Program

Arts For Life Durham
Program Director: Mary Margaret Fulk
Location: Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center
Mary Margaret Fulk and her team of volunteers teach 32-50 hours of art lessons to young patients each week. They teach patients in their clinic rooms, at the AFL clinic art table, and on the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
Programs:
Clinic Arts
Bone Marrow Transplant Art Time
Volunteer Program

Arts For Life Winston-Salem
Program Director: Betsey McLawhorn
Location: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center: Brenner Children’s Hospital
Betsey McLawhorn and her team of interns, artist fellows and volunteers work with patients for over 80 hours each week. They teach lessons at AFL art stations and at patients’ bedsides.
Programs:
Clinic Art Station
Monthly Art Oncology Support Groups (Teen and Elementary)
Inpatient Art Lessons
Fellowship Program
Internship Program
Music Program
Volunteer Program