--- title: The Crayon Initiative Blog (2) description: Read about how we recycle old crayons and give them to kids in hospitals on The Crayon Initiative Blog. 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By [Cecile](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/author/cecile) 07 Mar 2018 | 2 min read ## [UVA, Volunteer Unite The Community Through Crayon Collection Drives](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/uva-volunteer-unite-community-crayon-collection-drives) There are few bonds as strong as those between siblings. The friendshi... By [Cecile](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/author/cecile) 07 Mar 2018 | ## [Nonprofit brings color to sick children's lives with recycled crayons](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/nonprofit-brings-color-sick-childrens-lives-recycled-crayons) By [Cecile](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/author/cecile) 22 Feb 2018 | 2 min read ## [Learning Life Skills One Crayon at a Time](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/learning-life-skills-one-crayon-time) James Granieri loves to help people. You can see it in his smile and e... 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