Colors for Colette Chalk Art Festival Comes to UH St. John Medical Center

Each year, artists and families from the community gather at the Colors for Colette event to create chalk art, spreading a colorful message of love and hope. This family friendly, carnival-style community event raises funds to support patients and their families at local children’s hospitals such as Rainbow Babies & Children’s and Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospitals. This year’s event came to UH St. John Medical Center in Westlake last Saturday.

The event highlights included chalk drawings, food trucks, games and much more in the afternoon event.

Colors for Colette began as a fundraising event in 2021 to honor the life of Colette Piazza and raise funds for pediatric cancer care and research. As the event grew, so did the vision for bringing hope to lives affected by medical trauma.

In 2024, This Present Hope was launched, becoming an official non-profit company, overseeing the Colors for Colette event and creating new, ever-expanding programs and resources for families caring for children facing a major health crisis.

To learn more about the Piazza family and their journey to aid children in need from a Christ-centered foundation please visit www.thispresenthope.org.