BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Adoniah and Kosta Hronis are 8 & 10 years old, and they painted 16 paintings for The Open Door Network. Bringing colorful paintings to an organization that helps members of the community find peace.
- 16 new paintings added to the hallways of The Open Door Network.
- The organization helps those who have experienced homelessness, domestic abuse, sexual abuse and more.
- Butterflies can be a representation of domestic violence surviors
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
Paintings can transform a room for those facing adversity. I'm Eric J. Dockery your Bakersfield neighborhood reporter. The open-door network received 16 new pieces to help patients feel at peace.
The Open Door Network is a nonprofit that helps individuals in Kern County with multiple situations. A few of them consist of homeless, domestic violence, and sexual assault. The butterfly effect was a project to help those patients feel comfortable while in therapy.
Lauren Skidmore CEO of The Open Door Network says "Butterflies are a representation of domestic violence survivors. We have butterflies as part of a theme throughout domestic violence awareness month. Which is in October, we mentioned that to the Hronis children, and they kind of gravitated towards that symbol. It's an inspiration symbol for clients to drift to, when they are dealing with difficult times."
Adoniah and Kosta Hronis are 8 and 10 years old and they've been painting for 3-4 years.
"What got me into painting was my grandmas, grandpa. Cause my grandma's grandpa was a professional painter. He taught my grandma how to paint, and then she taught me and my sister." said Kosta Hronis
The Hronis kids tell me they spent 2 weeks putting together all these pieces. Each one expresses a different emotion to relate to the patients.
Adoniah Hronis said "My biggest takeaway is they feel happy and they aren't scared to do anything. Because I mess up on a lot of my paintings and it's not that bad."
Both children told me about their favorite paintings and what it meant to them. Kotas said "I painted the Butterflies on the lines and it shows even how confusing life is you can always stay on the right path."
The Hronis children will be painting more pieces for the Kern County Fair come by and check them out. For 23 ABC I'm Eric J. Dockery your Bakersfield neighborhood reporter.
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