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e second annual KidsPeace Art
Gallery of Hope will be held Sunday,
May 15, at the Church at Paddy's Irish
Public House in Fayetteville. e black
tie evening event will showcase art
from local Fayetteville artists, and will
include an auction of the artwork.
KidsPeace is a private charity orga-
nization that helps children in foster
care. It was started in 1882, and has
grown across the U.S. as an organi-
zation. e mission of KidsPeace is,
"to give hope, help and healing to
children, adults and those who love
them."
Locally, KidsPeace holds fund-
raisers throughout the year to help
the kids of Cumberland County and
the surrounding areas, but in 2020,
COVID-19 restrictions put their usual
fundraising events on hold. e Art
Gallery of Hope is a recent addition to
the KidsPeace fundraiser calendar.
"e Art Gallery of Hope came into
play last year. We used to have a lot
of dress up fancy galas for KidsPeace
but then Covid hit. We were looking
for a reason to get dressed up again,"
said Dominique Womack, art chair
and founder of the KidsPeace Art
Gallery of Hope. "We came up with
this theme of doing an art gallery and
giving people a chance to be snooty
while still raising money for the kids
and picking up some of the slack due
to Covid."
Last year's event was a huge suc-
cess, with $10,000 raised for the local
charity. All proceeds of the event went
to North Carolina kids in foster care.
Womack decided to hold this year's
event in May, during Foster Care
Awareness Month.
Canvases, prints and photography
will be on display from local artists.
Kids from the KidsPeace organization
as well as students of Capital Encore
Academy have donated artwork for
the event. Adrian Warwick, a tat-
too artist with New Addiction, has
donated a print of one of his original
works: a black and white portrait of
a child standing in front of a tank
with the Ukraine flag in color, in the
background.
Carlos Tolentino will also be donat-
ing a piece of original artwork. Tolen-
tino creates black and white images
with bleach. His piece was the highest
selling at last year's auction.
"ese two guys have been heavy
hitters when it comes to art here in
the city," said Womack. "ey are
going to donate their work and their
time to help us raise awareness for
foster care."
General admission for the event
is $23 and tickets can be found at
www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-
kidspeace-art-gallery-of-hope-
tickets-291739459577. e event runs
from 6 to 9 p.m.
"Cumberland County has the most
kids awaiting foster care," said Wom-
ack. "I'm excited to get that final num-
ber and know those kids are getting
after school programs, clothing, their
foster parents are getting help."
"We are giving them a home to lay
their head in instead of having them
bounce from house to house with
their stuff in trashbags. at's what
hurts me the most, they carry their
stuff around in trash bags. I just want
to raise as much money as I can to
help out these kids in our program,"
she added.
e Church at Paddy's is located at
2606 Raeford Road. To donate to Kid-
sPeace, visit www.kidspeace.org.
KidsPeace raises money
for foster children
by ALYSON HANSEN
ALYSON HANSEN, Staff Writer.
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