One Good Turn Deserves Another

As many of you know Sew Sisters makes and collects dozens of pillows for donations to Animal Shelters in the area. In the store we keep a small fabric bag hanging under the cutting table and whenever we have scraps we stuff them in. When the bag is full we sew it shut and voila - a little pillow. My dad brings them to a variety of different places (including the Etobicoke Humane Society, The Guelph Veterinary Hospital, and North York Animal Control) where they are used inside the animals' cages. There is a particular need for smallish pillows suitable for cats. We also collect the bags that you have made and deliver them for you.



We have a phenomenal person who comes in the store from time to time named Carin. Carin is a real firecracker: besides being a mother of 4 little ones she runs a charity called Margaret's Hope Chest Carin dropped off a huge rubbermaid tub stuffed with pillows she had made for donation to animal shelters. She did a great job and even decorated some of them with little appliques of hearts and bones - so sweet.

This is just a handful of the pillows brought in yesterday.

Margaret's Hope Chest- is a quilting non-profit organization birthed out of the tragic murder of Carin's 81-year old grandma Margaret Herrema. Their website http://www.margaretshopechest.com/ is a great place for more information about what they do. Carin's sense of community involvement is one that I admire tremendously. I hope that you will take a few minutes to read about Margaret's Hope Chest as inspiration for how uplifting charitable service can be. If you have a few hours maybe you could make a quilt for this worthy cause!