September 16, 2024 - It took a while but a dream we have had of reaching out to people at the store is finally being developed.
On September 10, 2024 -we had our first sewing class for the residents of the low-income housing complex where we have our store in. (It’s an old Hotel that has retail in the old lobby area and apartments upstairs.)
We had 3 students attend (our limit is 4 with sewing machines) and it was great. It is a two-part class, so they came back to finish the project later in the week, What is so exciting is that during the class the instructors get to chat and learn more about the folks and the other needs they have,
Additionally, the local chamber of commerce has a local young leaders’ program where the participants are mentored throughout the year by experts in the community. One component of the yearlong training is giving back to the community by assisting non-profits and we were chosen as one of those non-profits this year. They will be helping us find people to offer classes, lectures and training. If they have a hobby they can come and talk about awesome – if they can teach a craft, amazing – maybe they can help better earn tech or how things work.
We are so excited about how this could impact the people that are around us and also help other in the community that they can help and serve by just doing and being who they are.
These are the finished lap quilts they made. We are now going to be offering additional quilt classes due to the popularity of this one.
Pray for the Seniors that we are getting to server.
Pray for the Retail part of what we do - it is hard right now.
Pray for support to expand the training part as it does cost some for us to do this.
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