On Wednesday evening last, the Wilcox & Plyer Families spent an evening at the Humanitarian Service Room in the Murray Deseret Industries building. Dustin couldn't go because he had PJ and nobody under 12 is allowed in. That left JoAnn, Senta, Burke, Richie, Greg, and me to carry the load. It all began when JoAnn asked me to look for some kind of service project we could do as a family over the holidays when Richie was here.
After a few calls, I found out that a few of the DI's (with more to come) have what is called a Humanitarian Service Room. They are open during the day and volunteers can walk in and participate. They are open some evenings by appointment. We made an appointment and went in the evening. We were the only ones in the service room which is good since it wasn't all that big. As for the service we provided, Richie and Burke worked on sanitation kits, Greg and Senta worked on the sergers, and JoAnn and I worked on sewing machines, stitching together the pieces serged by Greg and Senta, into book bags. The bag I sewed together didn't look quite as nice as this one, but the Sister who was helping us said she had never seem someone who hadn't done it before, come in and finish a bag in one evening. I actually finished one and parts of two others! JoAnn also brought home the materials for a couple of crib quilts that we will be working on over the holidays.
Those of you who are asking what on earth were they thinking assigning me to a sewing machine should know that I do have some experience. Many, many years ago, I ordered a coat from a company that sent all the pieces to you and you had to sew it. I thought it would be a good experience for me to sew a coat. And I did, and it turned out OK. So everyone had a fun, fulfilling evening where we did something (even just a small something) for someone else and we all felt good about it. We'll probably go again to the West Jordan store when they get their HSR opened up and running.
Unfortunately, there are no photos for this post. I told myself I would take a camera and just as we were pulling out of the parking lot after we were finished, I remembered the camera. Doh!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
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Hey, I remember when you sewed your coat long ago. This is a great idea for a service project. Our Relief Society somehow got a hold of a bunch of old airline seats that were donated. The fabric is really nice and sturdy. We picked them apart and cut the patterns for bags out and made something like 80 bags one year. It was really sort of time consuming but nice to know that it was some thing that was needed. See you at the Progressive Dinner!!!
Too funny about the coat, that sounds kinda crazy! I need to hear more about this story. I was really impressed by your bag by the way...
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