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Host a Brace-painting Party & help kids with clubfoot

Use your creativity for a cause and paint the future bright for children born with clubfoot! Whether you are painting with your family, friends, organization or church, this is a fun and tangible way for you to be the hands of Jesus and show love to a child.

Host a Paint Party

LEARN WHY BRACES MATTER

 

Clubfoot is a common, yet treatable, condition. We can easily correct clubfoot in infants using the Ponseti method, the gold-standard treatment of casts and braces. Once the casts have straightened the feet in a few weeks or months, the braces will be used to maintain the foot correction.

Children will wear braces full-time for approximately three months and then only while napping and at night until the child is about five years old. As you can see, they are a big part of a child’s journey, and each child will wear between 6-12 braces throughout that time.

1. Before

2. Casting

3. Bracing

4. Walking

MAKE AN IMPACT

 

There are two major impacts your brace painting has on children. The painted braces help to:

    1. Heal Hearts – In Africa and Latin America, society tells the mothers that they did something wrong during their pregnancy to cause this condition to their child, or they say to the family that this is a punishment from God and that they’re cursed. The families hide their children out of fear and unnecessary shame.

Hope Walks works within the communities to break off the stigma and shame. We speak life and truth over these families. We tell the mothers that they did nothing wrong to cause this to their child, and we tell the families that God loves them and that clubfoot is treatable. Imagine the feeling these families must have when they come out of hiding, receive free treatment and then have someone give them hand-painted “shoes” for their child. They no longer feel shame. Instead, they feel seen, valued and loved. Your artwork on these braces not only helps feet to remain healed, but it also helps heal hearts.

2. Increase Completion Rates of Treatment – Because the braces are now painted and “cool,” children want to wear them. This decreases the rates of relapse and increases treatment completion rates. Your artwork is inspiring!

Get Started – It’s easy!

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Order Your Party Box

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Invite Friends

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Have fun & Transform Lives

We’ll send you a photo when your leather is turned into a life-transforming brace and is ready to be given to a child in need, like one of the cuties below. Finally, a fundraiser where you can literally see the difference you are making!

Host a Paint Party

Tell us how many painting kits you’d like, and we’ll mail them to you before your party.

Each painting kit includes: 

    • One pair of brace leathers (including leathers for the left and right foot)
    • Contact card (used to track your painted brace).
    • Three paint pens
    • Wet wipe for your hands
    • Hope Walks sticker
    • Hope Walks pen
    • Additional information

Once you are finished painting, just send them back to us, and we’ll take care of the rest. We’ll even email you a photo of your painted leathers turned into a finished brace once it’s completed!

Need a Little Inspiration?

Don’t worry, you do not need to be a Picasso to paint brace leathers, so please do not be intimidated! Some people love to paint very detailed braces, and that is great. However, stripes, polka dots and smiley faces also work really well. The children love the bright colors. If you need a little inspiration, please visit our inspiration gallery.

Visit the Inspiration Gallery

What are you waiting for?

At Hope Walks, we know you have a heart for kids in need but don’t always know where to begin. If you’re looking for a unique and easy way to help kids, our brace-painting party boxes offer you and your friends a fun way to do just that.

You don’t need to be the next Rembrandt or Picasso to paint a brace. Simple is best — polka dots, strips, stars. Your efforts will literally brighten a child’s future. If you provide your contact information, we’ll share a photo of your painted leather once it is turned into a brace in Africa. All you need to do is order a brace-painting party box, invite some friends and have fun while transforming the life of a child.

Here’s what one painter said after receiving a photo of her leather turned into a brace.

“Oh my goodness! What a wonderful surprise to see in my inbox. Thanks so much for sharing!!”

Anonymous Brace Painter

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Our little secret…

Does a brace really need to be painted? No, it will work just fine all black or brown and boring. But as you can imagine, kids often complain about wearing these braces while they sleep.

A fun-looking and colorful brace can help a child want to wear it. Our program manager in Zambia told us about one little boy who was in tears when he grew out of his painted brace and had to move up to the next size and we didn’t have a painited brace for him.

Your painted braces encourage our moms to return to the clinic when their child outgrows their current boots.

Imagine the gratitude of a clubfoot mom or dad who will have fewer struggles getting their child to wear a brace.  This is more than just an art project. It is a device that is a vital part of the healing process.

Help Needed

Our goal for this year is at least 5,000 painted braces. 

It is absolutely heartbreaking when some children receive painted braces and others do not. 

One of our program managers told us about a little boy who was in tears when he grew out of his painted brace and had to move up to the next size and we didn’t have a painted brace for him.

Please spread the word about brace paint parties. Together, let’s pass our 5,000 goal and bless these children!

HOST A PAINT PARTY

Host a Paint Party

$20 Donation = 1 Pair of Leathers

PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO FULFILL REQUESTS TO U.S. ADDRESSES. 

We’re so glad you want to take the next step to paint the future bright for kids with clubfoot. Please complete the form below so we can get you and your friends painting!

Only necessary if you are planning a large group gathering.
What date do you plan to host your party?(Required)
You can change the date by emailing us after submitting the form at any time.
Please enter a number from 1 to 200.
Price: $15.00
Please don’t let cost stop you from ordering a box. You and your friends and family can still help paint the future bright with whatever amount you feel led to donate. Each pair of leathers will make one brace. Once completed, braces cost $20. Would you be willing to pay it forward and cover the cost of the brace for the child who gets your masterpiece? When you submit this form, it will take you to a donation form if you'd like to make one, you can do so there!
Where should we mail your box?(Required)
When will you send the donation for your paint party ($20/painting kit)?(Required)
If donations are sent via mail, please write "Brace Painting Party" in the memo line of your check and send it to Hope Walks, PO Box 218, York Springs, PA 17372. Thank you!
How did you hear about paint parties?(Required)

On average it costs $20 per leather to:

  1. Ship to US Headquarters and take to Africa. (Staff usually carry an extra suitcase or two when we travel to the field.)
  2. Manufacture the Braces (We hire local workers to turn your leathers into a brace.)
  3. Deliver them to Ethiopia, Kenya or Rwanda where they get put on the feet of a child with clubfoot.

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