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Common Ground Venture Arts Initiative • Mission Statement

" Art transends life..Life transends art . Creative arts,personal emotional expression and the use of color in our lives is a healing force. Music and artistic expression are a universal language understood and appreciated by most people on earth. In some form each one is seen or heard from our waking moment until we fall off into sleep.Art and color is in our dreams.Scientist and research has proven that from the beginning of time, color effects or moods and even our attitudes in a specific surrounding. As a result of Government cutbacks and economic downfall, the funding for the creative arts has been cut drastically in our educational system and cultural arts organizations.We believe that this situation is directly related to the level of violence in our society, especially with our youth! they have to have an out let for positive expression. The Common Ground Venture Initiative between Specialty Loose Leaf Corporation and 4th Samuels International Arts,Designs & Creative Wonders have made a decision to try to address this problem by donating a portion of sales of all products sold under Common Ground label will be used to fund creative arts and communication education where ever the venture partners deem worthy and in need throughout the world, However, our first priority will be local organizations. The long range goal will be to start a creative arts institute/school in the Pioneer Valley based on the Diamond Program Philosophy (Copy inclosed)." An ounce of prevention is better than a ton of treatment".