Our small group serves the homeless once a month with a warm meal. We go to a public boat launch where many hang out and live in the bushes nearby.
My friend, Lori, decided it would be nice if we were to provide a little something extra for our guests when we serve in December. So, we would make a n0-sew fleece scarf.
I went to Jo-Ann fabrics and told the guy at the cutting table that I wanted to spend a certain amount of money and wanted to make as many scarves as I could for our homeless ministry. He shared with me that he used to be homeless and thought it was great that we were doing this. He ended up discounting the fabric 50%, so I ended up receiving twice the amount of fabric I had budgeted for!
The lady at the cash register was not pleased. She kept trying to figure out why he discounted the fabrics, told the manager, and the manager said, “well, I didn’t approve it.”. I let them know it was for a homeless ministry and they begrudgingly honored the discount. I am praying for the nice guy that he won’t be fired for his act of kindness.
With all this fabric, I realized this project would be too big for just me and the boys, so I made a last minute invite for anyone to join me that same evening to make scarves. My girlfriends Ginger and Jeanette came with some of their kids. Not only that, but Ginger brought a cutting table and rolling straight edges for cutting. It made for an incredibly efficient session. She did all the cutting of the scarves, Jeanette and I cut the fringe, and the kids and moms tied the knots.
It was a fun night, and we were thrilled to discover that we made 69 scarves!!
Chelan was in heaven! He would not let ‘E’ go!
