From Canada-After 20-some years of sewing clothes for homeless children, the Helping Hands Sewing Group has noticed some changes.
Fabrics have gotten thinner and contain more polyester than they used to. What little ones like to wear has changed. Volunteer seamstresses have come and gone. The group’s formidable founder, former social worker, gerontologist and activist Betty Plank, died in 2012.
“Some of us move. Some of us get old. Some of us couldn’t make it down the stairs,” said Sandy Hubbard.
The group comprises eight primarily retired, senior women who have the free time to sew Thursdays in the basement at St. Luke’s/San Lucas Episcopal Church in Vancouver.
The large church hosts all sorts of groups from narcotics anonymous to single seniors to clutterers anonymous.
“This is really a niche ministry,” said St. Luke’s rector, the Rev. Jaime Case.
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https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/state/vancouver-sewing-group-stitches-clothing-for-homeless-children/article_846d1c8b-4210-5d27-a6c1-29d3e91defc8.html
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