This page is for leaders in Hawaii helping girls and women.

HOW TO REQUEST "BECOMING A PEARL" BOOKS
Read this website page to understand the purpose and flow of our book. After you have done so, you will notice info on how to apply for a book donation at the bottom of the page.

OUR MISSION
Our mission through this book, Becoming a Pearl is to empower girls and women ages 14-adult to discover hope, healing & growth in their lives through nature, reflection and art.

ABOUT OUR BOOKS
A Social Emotional Wellness Resource
We create educational expressive art activity books that take youth and adults on a creative journey through 20 key reflection topics that empower youth on a journey of inner transformation & personal enrichment that flows from the start of the book to the last page. Through the reflections and activities in this book, girls and women discover the beauty of nature and wildlife and how spending time in nature has a powerful way of balancing their natural rhythm and helping them feel calm, clear and regulated. They discover hope, healing and growth in their lives through creativity, self-expression, writing and coloring. They discover how reflecting on a positive question can shift their perspective and help guide their inner transformation while discovering their value and voice. Ultimately, they discover that their life matters, what their place in their community is and how their gifts and talents can become an offering to bring kindness to others.

This expressive art activity book, Becoming a Pearl, a creative journey of transformation, was created for girls and women in Hawaii to have a resource to empower them on their journey of discovering hope, healing and growth in their lives.

It incorporates elements of ‘Āina-based learning, reflection for Social Emotional Wellness and Art for a safe way for girls and women to express themselves while being surrounded by the beauty of their State.

We provide these to leaders of youth who have a clear plan for how to use it as resource for the purpose it was created.

A Peek Inside - Becoming a Pearl

A Creative Journey of Transformation

Becoming a Pearl,
a creative journey of transformation
This expressive art coloring activity books take girls and women ages 14-adult on a creative journey to discover hope, healing and growth in their lives.

  • NATURE

    To discover the beauty of nature and wildlife and how spending time in nature has a powerful way of balancing our natural rhythm and helping us feel calm, clear and regulated.

  • CREATIVITY

    To discover hope, healing and growth in our lives while interacting with the pages of our coloring activity books through creativity, self-expression, writing and coloring.

  • REFLECTION

    To discover how reflecting on a positive question can shift our perspective and help guide our inner transformation while discovering our value and voice.

The Layout

Our coloring activity books have 40 interactive pages.
The left side has reflection for personal growth and self-expression.
The right side has a beautiful nature themed coloring page.

For school counselors, teachers and mentors of youth

HOW TO REQUEST BOOKS

Read the details on how to request, Becoming a Pearl, books.

APPLY FOR A BOOK DONATION PROCESS
We welcome applications and will process them in the order they are received. Read this page for all info needed.

BEFORE YOU START
Please read over this entire web page to understand the purpose of this book before you apply for a book donation. Have a plan clear in your mind how you will use the books for the year 2024/2025.

Do the following steps when you can take your time to answer all the questions in a thoughtful manner and you are not rushed. We enjoy getting to know you and the insights you have as a leader.

START HERE
Create a word, pages or pdf document that answers these questions and email the
file to us at Donations@DiscoveryArtforYouth.org (please do not copy and paste
into an email unless you cannot create the file format requested)

Please Include these details:

1. NAME
Your Name

2. ORGANIZATION
*If you are with a school, which one?

3. YOUR ROLE
Your Role - Are you a counselor, behavioral health specialist, teacher, mentor?

4. ADDRESS
Full mailing address for a shipping label and please include:

*Name of school or organization
*Street
*City, St, Zip
*Contact for attention

*Phone in case shipping has problem with delivery

*Does this address work if we ship through the post office - USPS?

5. COMPLEX AREA
If you are with the DOE, what complex area are you in?

6. HOW YOU PLAN TO USE THE BOOK
a). What age or group is your focus?

b). How many girls and women ages 14-adult do you serve?

c). What do you like most about the books as a leader and how do you feel these books will help you as a leader of girls and women?

d). What do you think the girls and women will like most about this book?

e). How do you envision using the books? What is your plan?

7. START DATE
What is your ideal start date when you need the books?

8. HOW MANY BOOKS?
How many books are you requesting so all the girls and women in your care
receive their own copy?

9. COMMENTS
Include anything else you would like to share or do you have any questions?

NEXT STEP
We will review your application and be in touch soon!

We provide our books to organizations who have a clear plan for how they will use
them and it falls in line with the purpose of why they were created.

All this works as we have funds available to cover our production, printing and distributions costs. We are grateful to our funding sponsors who help us make all this flow!