The Metro Savannah Rotary Club teamed up with Loop It Up Savannah, the City of Savannah, PACK, Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition, Isle of Hope United Methodist Church, West Broad Street YMCA, Forsyth Farmers Market, Grandma’s Hands and the Edgemere Sackville Neighborhood Association on last Wednesday, May 13, 2020 to distribute food and special ArtSmart Activity Kits for hundreds of families across Chatham County as part of a community response to the COVID pandemic.
Metro Savannah Rotary is using Club funds and a COVID emergency grant it received from Rotary International District 6920, which covers Chatham County, to make a $6,520 donation to help fund Loop It Up’s ArtSmart Activity Kits Initiative.
Loop It Up Savannah is a community art program that was founded in 2008.
The nonprofit began as a children’s knitting and crochet class at the West Broad Street YMCA, and quickly grew to include a broad spectrum of art forms as well as Yoga, Mindfulness and STEAM in weekly classes for children and adults throughout Savannah’s neighborhoods.
Through programs and partnerships with schools, community centers, museums and local businesses, Loop It Up Savannah brings art and creativity to 10,000 young people each year.
