Support Mark’s LIVEstream for Veterans and Seniors

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Hello aspiring artists, cartoonists, and imagination adventurers!

I love, LOVE, LOVE teaching my daily LIVEstream drawing lessons on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube! I’m approaching 365 consecutive days since January 1! Thank YOU! Thank you! Thank you sooo much for your joyful participation!

I’ve heard a lot of feedback supporting a special workshop series of Monthly LIVEstream ZOOMS for Veterans “Drawing With Hero’s”, and special LIVEstream ZOOMS for Senior Communities “Drawing On Memory!”

Why? Because drawing nourishes creativity and imagination. Drawing is joyful and fun. Drawing is a powerful booster for your brain. Drawing elevates your spirit and enriches your soul! 

Shawn Lowth, a Veteran, and learning viewer of these daily LIVEstreams inspired me to create this program with this email…

“I posed a question about doing a Veterans program, and you told me to send you an email.   I personally struggle with PTSD, and it is a true demon to fight. The anxiety, stress, and depression causes 22 vets a day to give up their fight. I was almost one. But I am fortunate enough to have a great support system.    I would love to share the joy of drawing with other vets. Your daily drawings are a time I can put the problems away for a while. I have found that drawing helps me with my struggles and just focus on something positive.    I would like to say thank you for what you do. It's more important than most folks think.  Hopefully we can spread this to others like me.

I want to continue my daily LIVEstreams PLUS launch these Monthly LIVEstreams ZOOMS for Veterans and Seniors but I need your help.

My new GoFundMe campaign will help me fund this effort.

I need to raise funds to help my amazing support team cover expenses, salaries, and related costs crucial to continue our mission to:

#1
Help me continue to produce my daily LIVEstreams to inspire creativity, launch imagination, spark joy, and ignite kindness.

#2
Offer Monthly Special ZOOM workshops for Veterans “Drawing For Hero's”! 

#3
Present my in-person and virtual workshops “Drawing On Memory!” for Senior Communities around the world. Drawing strengthens memory and is a powerful tool in fighting symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer’s!

#4
Write, illustrate, and publish my new book “Draw! Draw! Draw!” One quirky cartoonist's extraordinary year of LIVEstream drawing with 1.5 million fans.

#5
Present my in-person and virtual assemblies “Dare To Draw!” to financially struggling schools.

This new GoFundMe campaign will get the ball rolling.

My original mission for 2025 was to inspire 1 million fellow creatives to pick up a pencil and DRAW! I’m thrilled to announce we have just surpassed that goal! We have reached over 1 million! My new goal recalibration! 1.5 million learning viewers by this Dec 31, 2025!

Thanks again for your kind generous support! ANY and ALL contributions of any amount are so very helpful and appreciated!

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Mark Kistler
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Oceanside, CA
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