Sue Silvestein’s already famous art program at Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, Neew York, has a day called Splash Day for her art students.

“We threw rocks into puddles,” she says, “and the kids tried to take photos of the splash as it happened. Of course, then they started skipping rocks, too. We tried dropping marbles into the water, but the rocks worked better.”

I’m in awe of Sue’s innovative ideas; they transform art into a realm of imagination and intuition, igniting the creative spark in the young time and again. This is one of the rare activities in her 80-student art program that isn’t crafted from donated and discarded objects from the generous Army of Good.

Sue is what saints are made of; she has a column on my blog now, usually on Thursday or Friday. Could you check it out? If you have any discarded or forgotten objects, from hats to jewelry to children’s toys to wood, her young artists will turn them into art.

Thanks to your donations, art lives and thrives at Bishop Gibbons and helps Sue turn scores of kids from Tik-Tok to their innate creativity.

You can donate almost any discarded object to Sue Silverstein, Bishop Gibbons High School, 2600 Albany Street, Schenectady, New York, 12304.