For the third year in a row, SAS sponsored a mural at the annual Chalk It Up! event. Held at Fremont Park in Midtown Sacramento every Labor Day Weekend since 1991, Chalk It Up! is a chalk-art festival with live music, food vendors, and retail booths.

Local artist/muralist Andrea Johnston, was paired with SAS this year. Other than asking that our mural be about birds, Andrea had full artistic control. It took her 3 days to create this large scale “Birds in a Birdbath” chalk mural.

Tens of thousands of people strolled by over the long weekend watching her progress and snapping photos. Many people also stopped by the SAS Outreach table helmed each day by Bill Bianco and other SAS volunteers. We’re not only delighted with the results, we are happy to have participated in this long-running community event. www.chalkitup.org

-Daphne Reimer