James Granieri loves to help people. You can see it in his smile and eagerness to volunteer with The Crayon Initiative. He is enrolled in a transitional program at Del Amigo High School in Danville, Calif., and has been volunteering with The Crayon Initiative since last spring. The Transition program provides life skills education for the San Ramon Valley School … Read More

It’s a few minutes before 6am. The silence of the conference room is broken by the distinct sound of crayons being poured into foil tin pans and shifted into place. The tins, about eight to a table, flank empty color-coded sorting bins eagerly waiting to get their fill of what they came for. Volunteers trickle in, donning bright red T-shirts … Read More

With the help of our donors, corporate partners, and supporters, The Crayon Initiative exceeded expectations in 2017. By year-end, we’d packaged and shipped over 37,000 packs of crayons to Child Life programs in children’s hospitals across the country. At a 1:1 ratio of one pack of crayons to one child, that means we’ve brought smiles back to the faces of … Read More