support CANVASES OF COURAGE
A HEALING ART EXHIBIT - JUNE 6, 2026
DONOR PACKAGE
OUR INITIATIVES & IMPACT
Canvases of Courage impacts communities by creating a powerful space for healing through art. It invites attendees to witness stories of resilience, identity, and transformation, offering both personal reflection and collective healing. The exhibit amplifies underrepresented voices—particularly women and people of color—while encouraging open dialogue around emotional wellness, grief, and recovery.
By making these conversations visible and culturally relevant, it breaks the silence often surrounding trauma. The event also fosters connection, belonging, and empathy among attendees, transforming art into a bridge that links people across experiences. Additionally, proceeds from the exhibit help fund Toast to Hope and other Bloom Free initiatives, expanding access to wellness resources for women who need them most.
what we do
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Bloom Free, Inc. NFP and is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. We secure funding to provide wellness, empowerment, and enrichment programs designed to help women overcome adversity, reclaim their strength, and rise into lasting transformation.
Our programs address the following core areas:
1. Life & Wellness Coaching
We support women facing obesity and chronic health challenges through transformative weight loss coaching that empowers lasting lifestyle change—physically, emotionally, and mentally.
2. Trauma Recovery & Therapy Access Support
We provide financial assistance for up to three sessions with one of our partnered licensed therapists to support women navigating childhood trauma, grief, emotional wounds, or life transitions.
By covering the initial cost of therapy, this initiative removes a critical barrier to healing—offering women in our community a safe, trauma-informed space to begin their journey toward recovery, resilience, and renewed self-worth.
Because no woman should have to face healing alone—and every woman deserves access to the support she needs to rise.
3. Creative Healing & Art Therapy Workshops
We offer art-based wellness experiences, including paint parties, journaling events, and expressive arts to promote identity, clarity, and emotional healing.
4. Life, Family & Relationship Resilience
We deliver holistic coaching and support programs that help women strengthen relationships, develop communication skills, and build emotional resilience in daily life.
5. Community Wellness Events
We host accessible workshops and pop-up events that cover topics such as self-care, emotional regulation, fitness, nutrition, and holistic mental health.
community initiatives
6. Toast to Hope Tee-Party
An annual, healing-centered celebration for breast cancer survivors, warriors, and supporters featuring t-shirt painting, storytelling, and art therapy. A day of courage, creativity, and sisterhood that honors life, loss, and hope.
7. Girl Boss Weight Loss Sponsorships
Full and partial scholarships for women enrolled in our 90-Day Body & Mind Reset, available online and self-paced. This strategic wellness program is designed to support sustainable weight loss, mental clarity, and full-body transformation.
8. Personal to Powerful: Life Coaching Scholarships
We train aspiring coaches through our 5-part coaching certification course and offer scholarships to women ready to turn their personal story into purpose. We teach them how to lead from a holistic place—mind, body, and spirit.
9. Canvases of Courage Because it’s not just about art—it’s about bringing people together, elevating unheard voices, and creating space for collective healing.
10. Sisterhood Retreats
Immersive healing retreats and connection circles that promote self-worth, vulnerability, and community support in safe, welcoming spaces.
11. Community Art Classes for Youth & Adults
Creative enrichment classes for youth ages 10–18 and adults, using art as a tool for self-expression, healing, and confidence-building in underserved communities.
12. Her Story, Her Voice: Writing and Healing Project
This initiative empowers women to write and publish their personal stories as a form of healing, reflection, and legacy-building. Through guided writing sessions, storytelling workshops, and self-publishing support, participants turn their lived experiences into powerful written works that inspire and uplift.
Because every woman has a story—and when she tells it, she takes back her power and gives others permission to rise.
why it matters
When you support Bloom Free, Inc. NFP, you’re not just making a donation—
you’re investing in transformation, hope, and generational healing.
You’re helping women heal their past, build their families and future, and step fully into their purpose.
Together, we rise. Together, we bloom free.
About The Event
Canvases of Courage is a curated, public art exhibit that highlights powerful visual narratives of healing, identity, and transformation. Featuring the work of 3–5 Chicago-based artists, the event invites attendees to engage with art that explores the emotional and spiritual strength it takes to overcome trauma, illness, and adversity.
This one-day experience is open to all and designed to spark community connection, conversation, and reflection. Through storytelling on canvas, it creates space for shared healing—amplifying voices that are often overlooked and offering a platform where courage becomes visible and creativity becomes a catalyst for change.
While proceeds support Toast to Hope, Bloom Free’s breast cancer wellness initiative, Canvases of Courage stands on its own as a transformative celebration of resilience, accessible to anyone ready to witness the beauty that rises from struggle.
June 6, 2026
CONTACT: Dr. Terri A. Simmons, Founder & Executive Director
Email: 1bloomfree@gmail.com
Phone: (708) 606-2724
Website: www.terrigalleries.com
Thank you for witnessing, supporting, and standing with us in the power of healing through art—your presence at Canvases of Courage helps turn pain into purpose and creativity into collective strength.
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OUR MISSION
With Your help
With Your help
The mission of Canvases of Courage is to create an inclusive, healing-centered art experience that amplifies stories of resilience, identity, and transformation.
Rooted in the belief that art is not only expression—but liberation—this initiative provides a powerful platform for individuals to process and share their journeys through visu
The mission of Canvases of Courage is to create an inclusive, healing-centered art experience that amplifies stories of resilience, identity, and transformation.
Rooted in the belief that art is not only expression—but liberation—this initiative provides a powerful platform for individuals to process and share their journeys through visual storytelling.
Through this exhibit, we aim to elevate the voices of those who have experienced trauma, illness, and adversity, offering them the space and visibility to turn their pain into public declarations of strength. We use visual art as a tool for emotional wellness, cultural connection, and community empowerment—bridging gaps across generations and identities.
Canvases of Courage is more than an event. It is a movement—a sacred space where creativity meets courage, healing becomes collective, and community members become participants in the ongoing story of recovery and renewal.
With Your help
With Your help
With Your help
We are raising $60,000 to bring the Canvases of Courage experience to life—an inclusive, healing-centered art event that fully supports our participating artists, honors their stories, and provides a powerful, reflective space for our guests. This funding ensures every detail—from artist compensation to venue, materials, and hospitality—
We are raising $60,000 to bring the Canvases of Courage experience to life—an inclusive, healing-centered art event that fully supports our participating artists, honors their stories, and provides a powerful, reflective space for our guests. This funding ensures every detail—from artist compensation to venue, materials, and hospitality—is covered, allowing the community to engage in a high-quality, meaningful experience without barriers.
Your donation covers:
Artist Honorarium - $7500
Venue Rental & Decor- $5000
Event Coordination & Staffing - $15,000
Marketing & Promotion - $5000
Art Display & Materials - $4000
Entertainment - $6000
Hospitality - $4500
Photography & Videography - $3000
Accessibility & Inclusion Services - $2000
Administrative Support - $3000
Branded Merchandise & Gifts - $2000
Contingency $ Emergency Fund - $3000
Total - $60,000
DIRECT IMPACT
With Your help
DIRECT IMPACT
Your support as a sponsor will help us bring Canvases of Courage to life—a transformative, healing-centered art exhibit that celebrates the power of storytelling through visual art. This experience will feature 3–5 local artists whose work explores themes of resilience, identity, and emotional healing.
Your donation directly supports the f
Your support as a sponsor will help us bring Canvases of Courage to life—a transformative, healing-centered art exhibit that celebrates the power of storytelling through visual art. This experience will feature 3–5 local artists whose work explores themes of resilience, identity, and emotional healing.
Your donation directly supports the full event—from securing the venue and providing professional-grade materials to creating a welcoming, wellness-focused environment for 150 guests.
It also ensures that each participating artist is honored and compensated for sharing their deeply personal stories through their art.
With your partnership, we can create more than just an exhibit—we can create a space where pain becomes power, and creativity becomes community. Your support makes healing visible, accessible, and unforgettable.
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
EMPOWERMENT SPONSOR - $10,000
- Logo on all printed and digital materials
- Speaking opportunity at the event
- Full-page recognition in program book
- Social media spotlight & press release mention
- Option to include branded items in care packages
- 6 VIP Tickets
HOPE SPONSOR - $5,000
- Logo on all printed and digital materials
- Verbal recognition at the event
- Full-page recognition in program book
- Social media spotlight & press release mention
- Option to include branded items in care packages
- 4 VIP Tickets
STRENGTH SPONSOR - $2,500
- Logo on event banner and website
- Recognition at event
- Half-page recognition in program book
- Social media thank-you mention
- Option to include branded items in care packages
- 2 VIP Tickets
COURAGE SPONSOR - $1,000
- Logo on event flyer and small banner signage
- Recognition at event
- Quarter-page mention in program book
- Social media thank-you
- 2 VIP Tickets
TRIBUTE SPONSOR - $500
- Business card size mention in the program book
- Social media thank-you
- Business card in care package
- 1 VIP Ticket