Children’s Healing Art Project (CHAP) brings the healing power of art to children in crisis through a mobile team of teaching artists working in partnership with hospitals, community organizations and schools. At CHAP, children are known for their creativity and ingenuity - not by their disease, diagnosis, or disability. CHAP’s teaching artists lead nearly fifty hours of in-hospital art adventures per week, featuring a vast array of art supplies and projects designed to spark each child’s imagination to life. Our partner hospitals include OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Shriner's Hospital for Children, and Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. CHAP’s popular Art Club Program provides fun and engaging monthly art experiences for children with medical challenges outside of the hospital, giving them the chance to express themselves through creativity. For those who live outside the Portland area, free CHAP In a Box deliveries enable families to experience the healing power of art in their own homes. In 2018, CHAP provided over 9,800 healing art experience throughout the Portland area for children and families. A highly talented Board of Directors governs CHAP, ensuring that every activity is in line with CHAP's mission. Skilled community members from the business sector (Nike, The Standard Insurance Company, (w)here Real Estate), social services, consulting, as well as representation from families who have benefited from CHAP's services make up the growing Board. As a non-profit, CHAP relies on hundreds of individual and corporate volunteers to provide a variety of programs and services. Volunteers provide over 8,000 valuable hours of support annually.