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ARMY, CREATIVITY IS A CALLING WHERE INDIVIDUALS OF ALL ABILITIES COME TOGETHER TO CREATE, CONNECT AND INSPIRE. LOCAL ARTISTS ARE TEAMING UP FOR THE ORGANIZATION’S UPCOMING ART AUCTION. I STOPPED BY AS AN UNEXPECTED HELPER. IS MAKING ONE PROJECT TRULY UNFORGETTABLE. TINY PAWS DIPPED INTO SILVERY PAINT. A SLOW STEP FORWARD, THEN ALL AROUND. WE WERE HAVING PUPPIES GO ON THE CANVAS, MAKE PAW PRINTS. THE CANVAS, ONCE EMPTY, BEGAN TO SPEAK. ITS SILENCE BROKEN BY SOFT, PURPOSEFUL PRINTS. WE WERE ALL HAVING FUN, ENJOYING AND LAUGHING. A PUPPY PLAYTIME TURNED MASTERPIECE. SHARING INDIVIDUAL GIFTS TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL WORLD. WHAT ADDIE’S BIG ARMY IS ALL ABOUT. SO OUR ADDIE, SHE’S NOW 16, BUT SHE HAD A COMMUNICATION BREAKTHROUGH AT THE AGE OF NINE, AND WHEN SHE DID, WE REALIZED REALLY QUICKLY THAT WE HAD UNDERESTIMATED HER. BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DISCOVERED THAT WAS ON HER HEART WAS THE DESIRE OF PURPOSE. FOUNDED ON FAITH AND LED BY LOVE. ADDIE’S BIG ARMY IS A COMMUNITY WHERE CITIZENS BECOME ARTISANS, BAKERS, JEWELRY MAKERS, AND MORE. AND SO WE LIKE TO BRING THAT CREATIVITY OUT IN OUR CITIZENS, AND WE LOVE TO WOW THE WORLD WHENEVER THEY STOP AND SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, YOUR CITIZEN CREATED THAT? YES THEY DID. YES, THE PLAYFUL PUPPY PAW PRINTS ARE PART OF A LARGER COLLECTION OF ARTWORK CREATED BY CITIZENS COLLABORATING WITH ARTISTS FOR AN UPCOMING ART AUCTION. EACH PIECE TELLS A STORY. THEY’RE ALL PRETTY GOOD, YOU GOT TO ADMIT IT. AND THEY’RE POURING LOVE INTO MORE SPECIAL SURPRISES FOR THE EVENT THAT WILL SUPPORT THEIR MISSION. MAKE IT A VANILLA BIRD AND BLACK SOAP. AS THE CITIZENS POUR THEIR LOVE INTO THE WORK, THEY KNOW IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT CREATING ART, BUT BUILDING CONFIDENCE. GANTT MORE CONFIDENCE. AND JUST LIKE THE TRAIL OF PUPPY PRINTS. THEY WERE SO CUTE. DID YOU JUST WANT TO SQUEEZE THEM AND HUG THEM? I WANT TO SNUGGLE THEM. ME TOO. THEIR CREATIONS LEAVE LASTING IMPRESSIONS. NICE JOB. EACH ONE A TESTAMENT TO THEIR VOICE, THEIR JOURNEY, AND THEIR UNDENIABLE PLACE IN THIS WORLD. ELITE GOLDENDOODLES BROUGHT THOSE ADORABLE PUPS TO ASSIST WITH THE ARTWORK WHEN I WAS THERE. IF YOU’D LIKE TO ADMIRE THEIR MASTERPIECES AND MEET THE CITIZENS TOO, YOU CAN JOIN ME AS I EMCEE ADDIE’S BIG ARMY THROUGH ART AUCTION. IT’S APRIL 25TH, 7:00 IN THE EVENING AT ROSS BRIDGE. YOU CAN FIND TICKETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH A LINK TO THE STORY THAT’S ON OUR WEBSITE. ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT CHICK FIL A IS DONATING MONEY FROM CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE SALES TO HELP SUPPORT ADDIE’S BIG ARMY. YOU GOT T