The Chiaroscuro Project, a mental health based nonprofit.
Our approach
We are a group of high school students who have addressed the issue of mental health within health care as an entirety and are driven to make a positive impact each and every day. We have allocated our company to gear things towards small acts of kindness to show patients we are there for them. This includes self care baskets, get well cards, brochures, and more!
Networking with local and national companies
Each and every day we work towards connecting with local and national companies in support with donations and allocating places to give our monthly donations to. For example, for the month of July, we recognized National Minority Mental Health awareness month, so we allocated donations to that patient population.
Hospitals, entities, and wellness centers we have partnered with so far:
Valley Health’s Winchester Medical Center of Winchester, Va
John’s Hopkins Children’s Hospital of Baltimore, Md
Chicanos Por La Causa of Phoenix, Az
Little Essentials of Brooklyn, Ny
Georgetown University Hospital of Washington, D.C.
Children’s National Hospital of Washington, D.C.
Blue Ridge Hospice of Winchester, Va
Penn State Children’s Hospital of Hershey, Pa
UVA Health’s Cancer Center of Charlottesville, Va
More to come!
Our services
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Self Care Bags
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Brochures
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Get Well Cards
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Positive Blog
Meet our team
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Makenna Blair
Founder and President
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Joan Monahan
Adult Coordinator
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Jason Uhry
Adult Sponsor
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Carly Marchelewski
Adult Sponsor (Local)
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Maggie Tenney
Head of Social Media Affiliations and Head of Public Relations Board
“Our goal is to make one small positive impact on the mental health of patients in hospitals. Recognizing the injustice of patient mental health in hospitals is one small step in changing the mental health epidemic as we know it today.”
— Makenna Blair [Founder and President]
