Seeing ShareFest's imprint

We posted earlier about a mural Vanesa Andrade and other volunteers completed at Alta Vista Preschool and how much it meant to Andrade. You can read about it here.

But the volunteers and artist weren't the only ones affected by it. It had an immediate impact on the community it was meant to bless.

This is an e-mail we got from Aaron Benton, who works for the Redondo Beach Unified School District who passed by the mural at Alta Vista.

Our wonderful artist, Vanessa Andrade, completed the project this week.  It looks FANTASTIC!!!!!  In fact, as I was driving away on Saturday after detail and touch-ups, I saw a grandmother walking with her grandson in a stroller and just as the mural came into his view, he was pointing at the animals and talking to his grandma.  As I looked in my rearview mirror, I saw that she had actually parked the stroller and they were continuing the conversation.  Would not have happened if it was still a blank wall.  Thank you so much for the work you do!  Parents, staff, and the community loved the project. 

Thanks again!

—Aaron Benton

The mural in progress