A Flurry of Action!

So this is amazing! I have never worked on a project that has come together so easily. I say easily but really it has been because of a lot of hard work on the part of all of my group mates. Brita and I met after class on Friday and hammered out a tentative schedule and tasks that needed to be done. This included:

• get sewing machines for everyone involved - next friday
• organize advertising and printing of advertising materials
• organize clothing donation bins and collection
• organize booth set up to collect funds
• talk to Drombaya about goals and find out more information
• make t-shirts that we can all wear to promote our cause
• create materials to be used at fundraising booth

We also had a name: Sewing Patches - Sowing Progress. Later that evening, Brita sent over a rough copy of the proposal and soon it worked it's way through the group for editing. I contacted many people on sites like Kijiji and Craigslist to possible sell their sewing machine for a lower amount. Group members asked around posted on Facebook, and we did it. Before the following class everyone had a sewing machine.

Bella had found an organization that was willing to donate used clothing that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Courtney had a poster created. Cat had contacted newspapers about running our story. Elyse had talked to people about setting up our booths. Ashley had worked magic and somehow got us printing.

The decided action was to pick up fabric on Monday and have a cutting party. Where everyone would learn to use their new sewing machines. That's right people would be sewing for the first time!!