Chloe deJong: Artist for Empowering Hearts
Single Mothers Outreach Is Proud To Announce The 2017 Collection:
Courageous – Strength In The Face Of Pain Or Grief

Chloe deJong

Chloe deJong

Meet Chloe deJong, Our 2017 Empowering heArts Artist: Chloe Joy deJong has been an artist since childhood. She is the single mother of a 2 year old boy and is currently attending Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design for her bachelor’s degree in illustration. Chloe creates art about her relationship with God and the many struggles women face such as: sexism, body image, media depictions of females, bullying, depression and motherhood. Majority of her art is inspired by her own personal experiences and the drive to empower women.  #SingleParentsCanThrive

What is Empowering Hearts?

Each year, the Single Mothers Outreach Board of Directors and Empowering Hearts Events Planning Committee has the pleasure of selecting six exemplar women to honor whose life stories embodies the current  year’s Empowering Hearts theme. These women are chosen from a pool of nominations that friends, family, and colleagues submit.
Empowering Hearts is an annual celebration of women who have changed lives and shaped their communities. It bridges the worlds of social action and artistic expression in an annual arts competition.
Honorees are nominated by the community and selected by the Single Mothers Outreach (SMO) Board of Directors and Event Planning Committee.
It is SMOs hope that through sharing these powerful stories in word and art, these extraordinary women will impact and inspire others to rise above their own circumstances.
Empowering Hearts is SMO’s signature fundraising event. All proceeds from  the event are used to support programs that empower single parents to effectively care for their families.
Interested in learning more about Single Mothers Outreach and their Empowering Hearts event? Please contact us at SMO.
By Kirsten Quinn | Chloe deJong photo is courtesy of SchlickArt
 

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