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SAMI In South America
This week, SAMI art kits traveled an incredible 3,200 miles from Los Angeles to the lush, mountainous region of Santa Marta, Colombia—carried with care and purpose by Brentwood School student Saraluna Ospina . Her journey was more than a simple delivery; it was an exchange of creativity, culture, and connection. Saraluna brought the kits to children of the Arhuaco  community, one of the Indigenous groups of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The Arhuaco people are known for th
Nov 22
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SAMI AT CAMP HARMONY
A new mural at Camp Harmony in Ojai, California.
Oct 20
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SAMI and UCLA Mattel
Carla delivered InspiredbySami art and paint kits to UCLA this week, marking the beginning of what we hope is a more expanded collaboration.
Oct 6
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SAMI Supplies KIPPsters
The SAMI Foundation has awarded a grant to KIPP SoCal Public Schools to ensure that 20 art classrooms across the region are fully stocked...
Aug 9
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SAMI Packs Backpacks
This week, The SAMI Foundation was proud to support the Student2Student  program by Baby2Baby, helping to fill hundreds of backpacks for...
Aug 5
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SAMI LIGHTS UP LAAMP
In coordination with The SAMI Foundation, The Los Angeles Academy of Artists, Musicians and Producers has established the SAMI LIBER...
Jul 31
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SAMI Collabs With OXYArt
SAMI recently teamed up with some awesome folks at the OxyArt  program, an off shoot of Occidental College in Pasadena, which is helping...
Mar 14
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SAMI Partners With Second Row
When Alta Dena Arts Magnet was forced to leave their facility due to surrounding fires, they couldn't take any supplies or equipment...
Mar 14
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Shelter Thanks SAMI
Present Now delivered 150 Art Kits for kids at a Women's Shelter in Los Angeles
Mar 14
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Kids Inspired To Help Kids
Brentwood School kids learned others their age and younger lost everything in the fires around LA, they were determined to help.
Mar 3
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SAMI helps Alta Dena
Three hundred students from Alta Dena Arts Magnet lower school lost their homes in the fires and have been relocated to Pasadena! These...
Feb 18
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Healing Through Art
InspiredbySami art kits were delivered by the women of PRESENTNOW to kids at the Good Shephard Shelter for Domestic Violence in the West Ada
Feb 12
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A Mitzvah with a Mission
When Brooke began planning her Bat Mitzvah, she knew she wanted her mitzvah project to be something truly meaningful, something that...
Jan 21
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Keeping Sami’s Spirit Alive Through Art, Kindness, and Giving
We created The Sami Foundation to honor her by supporting the things she loved most.
Dec 10, 2024
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