Nov 13, 2009 4:55 pm US/Eastern
Young Artists Show Their Spirit With Miracle Ties
Reporting
Ron Matz
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
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This is the 14th year for the "Miracle Tie Collection."
CBS
It's that time of year and nothing speaks more to the holiday spirit than the beautiful "Miracle Ties" sold at Jos. A. Bank stores. They're designed by pediatric patients at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
Ron Matz reports this is the 14th year and the campaign has gone nationwide.
From crabs to spring flowers, sailboats and Santa, the "Miracle Tie Collection" is back at Jos. A Bank.
"I designed this tie because it was spring and I thought maybe I would draw tulips," sad Kayla Demeritte, a 10-year-old designer of the spring flower tie. "I designed a blue one and a red one."
This week the clothier presented a $50,000 check from last year's tie sales.
"We know we're going to be able to raise that again this year with all the wonderful designs the kids have," said Maria Carlton, tie buyer for Jos. A. Bank. "We're happy to do it. We've been doing it for 14 years and it's something we look forward to every year. It's one of the best parts of my job to be able to work with the kids and select the designs."
Lexi's crab tie grew out of a trip down the ocean.
"We always go to Ocean City over the summer where my Pop-Pop lives. He lives in front of a lake and we always go crabbing. This summer we went crabbing and we caught 20 crabs. I came home and I got put in the hospital and decided that I wanted to draw a crab and they picked the design for the tie," said Alexis Dembeck. "I went to the clinic and took a plain white piece of paper and drew a Maryland blue crab and drew Old Bay and newspapers and stuff around it."
The kids are inspiring artists.
"To give them pen and pencil and marker and crayon and a chance to express their thoughts and feelings is really a powerful thing. To find those elements and put it on a tie for you to wear, it's a great match," said Patrice Brylske, director of child life development at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
The ties cost $59 with all proceeds going to the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
"We have limited designs going to all our stores, but everything is available online. All eight designs from all eight kids [are available] in multiple colors," said Carlton.
"We want to thank Baltimore, the whole community and Jos. A. Bank for this continuous effort year after year to help us do what we do best and that's take care of the kids," said Brylske.
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