The Crayon Initiative

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Raising 💰 to keep the 🌎 clean & spreading 😀 across the US by giving 🧒🏽 therapeutic art supplies.
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The Crayon Initiative is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the environment and enriching the lives of hospitalized children through art and imagination. Through our work, we reduce environmental waste by remanufacturing used crayons into new ones and donating them to art programs in children’s hospitals across the country. Through these art therapy programs, The Crayon Initiative helps kids heal through creative expression. The Crayon Initiative has collected 11.5 million used crayons from restaurants, schools and homes. More than 100,000 pounds of crayons have been prevented from going into landfills. The Crayon Initiative has helped over 50,000 kids through creative expression in over 90 hospitals across 25 states.

10/14/2026

800 packs, 4 hospital shipments, so many small bright moments ahead. 🖍️

Because of your support, 200 packs of recycled crayons are on the way to each of these hospitals: Nexus Children’s Hospital Shenandoah Campus, Houston Campus, Dallas Campus, and Good Samaritan University Hospital. For children in hospitals, color can mean comfort, creativity, and a moment to just be a kid again.

Help us deliver more color: https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

10/12/2026

“Every hour spent volunteering feels worthwhile.” 🖍️

That’s what one volunteer shared after helping collect and recycle crayons for kids in hospitals. Those small, colorful tools become moments of comfort, creativity, and joy during a hard day.

If this story speaks to you, volunteer, host a drive, or help us deliver more smiles. Support the mission here: https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

10/09/2026

8,000 packs, 8,000 kids, 8,000 chances to create. 🖍️

Thank you to everyone who made the Crayon Initiative’s Melt With You Festival so full of color, care, and community. Every pack of recycled crayons brings comfort and creativity to children in hospitals, a moment to just be a kid when so much feels out of their control.

Missed the festival? You can still help us deliver more color. Every $1.46 gives one child a pack. Donate now and spread color: https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

10/07/2026

Big smiles, good company, and a room full of heart. 🖍️ We’re so grateful for everyone who made Melt With You Festival such a special night, including Dante Cypress and Robin & Graeme Andrew. Because creative play brings comfort and creativity to children in hospitals, your support helps give kids a moment to just be a kid. Help us deliver more color: https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

10/05/2026

When Zach Heckendorf starts playing, you dance, and The Longs showed us exactly how it’s done. 🖍️ Thank you for bringing joy to The Crayon Initiative's Melt With You Festival and helping bring color, comfort, and creativity to 8,000 kids in the hospital.

Because every crayon counts, help us deliver more color to children in hospitals: https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

10/02/2026

8,000 children in hospitals will get a new pack of crayons because of The Crayon Initiative’s Melt With You Festival. 🖍️ That means 8,000 moments to just be a kid, even from a hospital bed. Thank you, Bryan, Marissa, and everyone who showed up with so much heart. Help us deliver more color to children who need comfort and creativity most: https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

09/30/2026

Have a crayon recycling story to share? 🖍️

We love seeing the photos, collections, and creative drives our community creates, because every crayon counts. When you send used crayons our way, you help keep them out of landfills and bring comfort and creativity to kids in hospitals.

Share your story or start your own drive. Support the mission here:
https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

09/28/2026

200 crayon packs are on their way to INTEGRIS Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma. 🖍️

Each pack is a chance for a child to pause, create, and find a moment of joy during a hospital stay. That’s why recycled crayons matter. They bring comfort, creativity, and hope when kids need it most.

Help us send more moments like this. Donate now and spread color: https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

09/25/2026

A used crayon can become a child’s next moment of comfort. 🖍️💛

We collect crayons that might have ended up in landfills, remanufacture them, and place them in the hands of kids in hospitals across the country, because creativity can bring joy, calm, and a little relief during hard days.

Every crayon counts. Help us deliver more color and comfort. Donate now and spread color: https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20148

09/19/2026

Tonight at 5:00 PM PDT, the color comes full circle. 🖍️💛

We’re heading to the Melt With You Festival at Rolling Range Ranch for BBQ by Slow Hand BBQ, live music from Zach Heckendorf and RPM, auctions, drinks, and festival swag. Most of all, every dollar raised helps turn used crayons into new ones for kids in hospitals, bringing comfort, creativity, and joy when they need it most.

See you tonight!
Get your tickets here! https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/events/3673

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155 Railroad Avenue, Suite E
Danville, CA
94526

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http://www.thecrayoninitiative.org/, https://thecrayoninitiative.harnessgiving.org/donate

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