Susan Melton started the Sidewalk Chalk Project in 2011 and hasn't missed a day of spreading positive messages.

Chalk is fun to draw with, and some people even get really good at using it to make art on the sidewalk. If you don’t like tediously developing such skills, though, you could go another ...

Susan Melton will complete her 5,000th consecutive day of sidewalk chalk art on Feb. 5 in Cheboygan. Melton began the project in 2011 as a way to cope with depression and spread positivity.