Yesterday's Meeting
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to Lutheran Church of the Messiah to sew for Days for Girls! We ended up with about 20 kits 100% complete, 30 shields, 20 drawstring bags, and 100 liners. We are still in need of funds to purchase PUL for the future gatherings, but we had a very kind donation of $50. That's a great start!
More Exciting News for Saturday
I'm so excited about this next meeting! The Director of the fabulous daycare center that occupies the building at Messiah has donated lots of fabric to Days for Girls. Once upon a time, she was a massage therapist, so she gave me all of her old flannel sheets. These will be GREAT for pad liners! We also have some cute prints that we can use for either pads or drawstring bags. And if that weren't enough... she's bringing in her sewing machine for me to set up for anyone who would like to use it!
I have dozens of shields sewn and turned that will need topstitching, and I have yards and yards of flannel with two edges serged for us to cut into liners and finish serging. I also have some drawstring bags that will need the twill put into the casings at the top- perfect job for our little girl helpers!
Also, as some of you may have already read on the DFG Georgia Facebook page, DFG International has put a challenge out to all of the chapters for fundraising. I spoke to Celeste, the founder, last week. She has had an anonymous donor promise to match ALL donations up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!! She will be leaving for Africa, along with volunteer extraordinaire Kayte next week. There are lots of items that these two will be purchasing once they are in country. Specifically, the DFG Zimbabwe office is in need of supplies, and they can purchase them there while they visit. There is only so much they can carry on the plane! Saturday, I will have a collection jar for DFG International. Whatever you can give, please do. I will deposit all of the donations and send them to Celeste via paypal ASAP. If you would like to write a check directly to DFG, see DFG International Donations for the mailing address, but please mark on your donation that it was from a member of DFG Georgia!
See you Saturday!
I have dozens of shields sewn and turned that will need topstitching, and I have yards and yards of flannel with two edges serged for us to cut into liners and finish serging. I also have some drawstring bags that will need the twill put into the casings at the top- perfect job for our little girl helpers!
Also, as some of you may have already read on the DFG Georgia Facebook page, DFG International has put a challenge out to all of the chapters for fundraising. I spoke to Celeste, the founder, last week. She has had an anonymous donor promise to match ALL donations up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!! She will be leaving for Africa, along with volunteer extraordinaire Kayte next week. There are lots of items that these two will be purchasing once they are in country. Specifically, the DFG Zimbabwe office is in need of supplies, and they can purchase them there while they visit. There is only so much they can carry on the plane! Saturday, I will have a collection jar for DFG International. Whatever you can give, please do. I will deposit all of the donations and send them to Celeste via paypal ASAP. If you would like to write a check directly to DFG, see DFG International Donations for the mailing address, but please mark on your donation that it was from a member of DFG Georgia!
See you Saturday!
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