The Erie 1st Ward has been busy this year with Humanitarian Projects!Early in the year we started collecting for Hygiene Kits as part of our Humanitarian Project. We put a list in the weekly bulletin, monthly RS newsletter and sent weekly emails. We expected to be collecting supplies for six months but before too long we had collected and bagged 27 Hygiene Kits! We set aside the first Tuesday of each month to get together to work on projects. We started working on cloth bags for School Kits. All the material was graciously donated by Sis. Julia Reynolds who claims she has enough fabric to keep us busy for years! In no time we had 20 bags made. We had those delivered with the Hygiene Kits to the Bishop's Storehouse for delivery to The Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake City. Some Sisters enjoyed working on the bags so much that they took them home to finish. We had a few Sisters, non-sewers, who volunteered to cut-out fabric at home.
Around the first of July (when school supplies hit the stores) we put out the list for School Kits and we had 21 bags filled and ready to ship in two weeks! Everyone has been so kind to donate whatever their budgets allow. We've learned that together we can do great things! Once those bags were filled, we started working on more school bags! We've made 16 more bags, 7 of which we've filled with supplies and sent out.Then we started working on File Folder Games and we have been able to complete 17 of those. The Young Women even helped us cut all the parts out! We've tried our hands at pattern making, quilt making and lately we've started working on dolls and stuffed animals.We've continued to get together each month, usually the same lot, and you all know who you are! We have quite the system worked out once we get going! Not all of us can sew, but that's good because there is ironing to be done, cutting to be done, and always a couple babies to be held or played with. One time we even stayed past noon and enjoyed a luncheon together. We've enjoyed being together and being of service. We've often remarked how we wish we could be present when those boxes are opened to see the faces of the recipients. We hope they can feel our love through these small projects. Interested in starting your own Humanitarian Projects? Check out http://www.providentliving.org/ for the current needs.
Kim Gibson , Erie 1st Ward
Around the first of July (when school supplies hit the stores) we put out the list for School Kits and we had 21 bags filled and ready to ship in two weeks! Everyone has been so kind to donate whatever their budgets allow. We've learned that together we can do great things! Once those bags were filled, we started working on more school bags! We've made 16 more bags, 7 of which we've filled with supplies and sent out.Then we started working on File Folder Games and we have been able to complete 17 of those. The Young Women even helped us cut all the parts out! We've tried our hands at pattern making, quilt making and lately we've started working on dolls and stuffed animals.We've continued to get together each month, usually the same lot, and you all know who you are! We have quite the system worked out once we get going! Not all of us can sew, but that's good because there is ironing to be done, cutting to be done, and always a couple babies to be held or played with. One time we even stayed past noon and enjoyed a luncheon together. We've enjoyed being together and being of service. We've often remarked how we wish we could be present when those boxes are opened to see the faces of the recipients. We hope they can feel our love through these small projects. Interested in starting your own Humanitarian Projects? Check out http://www.providentliving.org/ for the current needs.
Kim Gibson , Erie 1st Ward
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You girls are awesome! I feel blessed to be a small part of what you are doing!
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