Community Support Project:

Last January's program was about philanthropic projects in our local area related to
fiber arts. Attendees described their past and current involvement, such as
knitting chemo caps, knitting caps and blankets for newborns, teaching sewing to
4H members and teaching knitting and weaving to kids at the Boys and Girls Club.
Ruthann Schoeffield described a project in Leadville in which women who are
receiving services are knitting to give back to their community. They are in
need of yarn donations. The sharing lead to a discussion about giving money for
small scholarships to high school students, and giving scholarships to people of
any age wanting to take a class advancing their knowledge in the fiber arts. We
decided to present these ideas at the February meeting, and to have a small
section in the newsletter about opportunities to give gifts from your hands and
heart. The Alliance Against Domestic Abuse in Salida is very interested in
receiving anything we make. Suggested items are blankets, sweaters, hats,
mittens, gloves, etc in BOTH adult and children's sizes. It would probably be
best to make things that can be machine washed. This will be an ongoing project
for our guild, so let's get started! Use up some of your stash to help someone.
Sandee Jaastad will collect items at our meetings and take care of delivering
them. Any questions? Contact Sandee 395-4849 or e-mail her at sandeejaastad@yahoo.com