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Podcast: Small Changes Big Shifts
Episode: Jeff Hanson's Story with Hal and Julie Hanson
Description: Jeff's Story Self-taught as an artist, Jeff Hanson first began painting watercolor notecards while undergoing chemotherapy at age 12. What was initially a pastime and distraction from his treatments, Jeff's painting soon evolved into a curbside business, Jeff's Bistro. Proceeds benefited the Children's Tumor Foundation to fund optic tumor research. Jeff's original notecards gradually transitioned to acrylics-on-canvas, both for sale and gifts to charity live auctions across the nation. At age 15, the "accidental artist" in a business built on a philanthropy-first model, became Jeffrey Owen Hanson LLC. About Hal and Julie Hanson ...