The Flux Gallery< http://www.fluxartists.com > is inviting the public to an opening exhibition benefiting the Tu Nidito non-profit organization at their gallery located in the Plaza Palomino. 30% of all sales will be donated to Tu Nidito. < http://www.tunidito.org/ >

The featured artists at this exhibition are Carol Ann, Steven Derks, Karen Dombrowski-Sobel, Peter Eisner and Maurice Sevigny. There will also be some select works by Lee Roy Beach, Bryan Crow, Shirley Wagner, and Lynne Yamaguchi.

More than 10 years ago, Tu Nidito filled a need in our community by building a successful non-profit agency dedicated to supporting children impacted by serious illness and death. Over the past 10 years, Tu Nidito has served the needs of our community’s children and has experienced phenomenal growth. In our first year of service it provided support to 12 dying children and their families. Last year, through programs of individual, family and group support, Tu Nidito cared for 800 children. Today it remains the only agency in Arizona dedicated to providing a comprehensive continuum of child-centered care to children who loss of a loved one.

It seems so sensible that children and families would not have to go through these difficult times alone. But without Tu Nidito, many of our families would. There is no other agency that provides on-going support to children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or other loved one. There is no other agency that stays with an ill child and their family from time of diagnosis, through all of the changes in prognosis, and if that child’s illness results in a death, throughout the grieving process.

All of Tu Nidito’s services are provided at no cost to the families that need it. It costs, on average, $1000 a year to support a child at Tu Nidito. Tu Nidito is proud that more than 92% of every dollar donated goes directly to care for Southern Arizona’s children in their time of need.

The hours of the January 22 benefit exhibition are: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Address: The Flux Gallery…. Plaza Palomino….2960 N. Swan Rd, Suite 136….520-464-6600

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