On Tuesday, February 28th, we celebrated our 6th anniversary by doing what we always do every week...giving service! Many hygiene kits were put together, quilts tied and quilts hand quilted. In addition to our regular 2 hours of service, we celebrated with a wonderful potluck luncheon. Wonderful food was enjoyed by everyone!
We enjoyed hosting our guests from Life Center North West! They shared a picture of a completed donor quilt with the hand prints placed in the blank blocks. It was touching. We also showed them how to put a quilt on the frames and they enjoyed seeing and learning that process. We always love it when we get together with this wonderful team from Life Center. They are caring women who are dedicated to their careers and are so compassionate with the people that they serve. It is an honor to partner with them.
Debbie Christian, Executive Director of the Auburn Food Bank, also joined us for our celebration. She shared a story with us about a homeless woman who was given one of our hygiene kits. She was so thankful for the washcloth that was included because for the last 10 years, she had been washing her face with paper towels. It felt so good to her to have a wash cloth touch her face. We were all moved to hear that our hygiene kits are needed. Debbie said they are one of the first things to go at the food bank. She said, "keep them coming!" And we will!
We also honored Sister Sara Crabtree, our former Stake Relief Society President, with a hand quilted quilt. This quilt was designed by Sister LaRay Barrett. Sister Barrett was an important part of our humanitarian committee and taught us many things, but most of all loved all of us and had a smile and kind word for each of us every week. We certainly miss her. We thought it fitting to honor Sara with a quilt that she designed and worked on. We appreciate Sara for having the vision to start Sew Much Love. It has provided many sisters with a weekly service opportunity. We have seen sisters reactivated and sisters go to the temple because of their association with Sew Much Love. Hundreds of quilts have been made and donated, as well as many other items to people in need in our community and in our stake. Thank you, Sara, for you vision, for your hours and hours of service and for your dedication to your calling!
Sew Much Love has certainly evolved over the years. We look forward to what the future holds for our Humanitarian efforts. We are confident that with faith in our Savior, Jesus Christ we will continue to influence lives and serve as He served. Thank you to all who are serving, all who have served and those who will be called in the future to help us in this great effort!
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