you asked: in Duluth we have a large well-known nonprofit that helps unhoused people. The name of it is CHUM. It was started in 1973 by awhen 10 churches in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood pooled their resources to meet the needs of the neighborhood’s many low-income residents.
We all benefit when we honor and continue crafts made with one's hands. Today's instant click and purchase gratification doesn't compare to the slow and thoughtful satisfaction of making something with your own hands. Those crafts are life skills that helped generations and communities. I knit, sew and cook. All of these crafts (yes, cooking from scratch is a craft) are meditative, practical and most importantly can make a big impact in our communities. Knitting a hat for a chemo patient, premmi in pediatric ICU, prepare meals at a homeless shelter and sewing clothes for those that have none. Simple, intentional efforts by everyday people are what has always sustained our communities. Thanks for reminding us with this lovely story. BTW as someone who has been in a sewing and knitting "circle," I can say that great friendships and ideas are indeed created when people come together.
Thank you so much for sharing this and affirming the need! I def agree. I love to cook and bake — and after this am thinking about knitting or crocheting! Do you have any advice?
This is such a great post. What I love about the sewing circles and Ladies Auxiliaries of the late 1800's and early 1900s is that they weren't trying to solve a world or national problem. They saw a local problem and because it was in their community they could do something about it and it was manageable for them.
I feel like as we've become more of an online society, we are "connected" globally but not locally and as a result, the problems we see aren't ones that we feel we can solve.
you asked: in Duluth we have a large well-known nonprofit that helps unhoused people. The name of it is CHUM. It was started in 1973 by awhen 10 churches in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood pooled their resources to meet the needs of the neighborhood’s many low-income residents.
https://www.chumduluth.org
That is so awesome!
We all benefit when we honor and continue crafts made with one's hands. Today's instant click and purchase gratification doesn't compare to the slow and thoughtful satisfaction of making something with your own hands. Those crafts are life skills that helped generations and communities. I knit, sew and cook. All of these crafts (yes, cooking from scratch is a craft) are meditative, practical and most importantly can make a big impact in our communities. Knitting a hat for a chemo patient, premmi in pediatric ICU, prepare meals at a homeless shelter and sewing clothes for those that have none. Simple, intentional efforts by everyday people are what has always sustained our communities. Thanks for reminding us with this lovely story. BTW as someone who has been in a sewing and knitting "circle," I can say that great friendships and ideas are indeed created when people come together.
Thank you so much for sharing this and affirming the need! I def agree. I love to cook and bake — and after this am thinking about knitting or crocheting! Do you have any advice?
i think i a lot gets decided in church quilting groups.
That’s a really good point. I hadn’t thought of that.
Fascinating account of how women stitched together solutions in two different generations. Taking lessons from these ladies!
Buying needles and thread this weekend!
This is such a great post. What I love about the sewing circles and Ladies Auxiliaries of the late 1800's and early 1900s is that they weren't trying to solve a world or national problem. They saw a local problem and because it was in their community they could do something about it and it was manageable for them.
I feel like as we've become more of an online society, we are "connected" globally but not locally and as a result, the problems we see aren't ones that we feel we can solve.
That's my two cents worth. ☺️❤️
I think that is a truly astute observation! I know it’s true in my case especially since moving as an adult to New Jersey!
We moved as adults too and I think that's definitely part of it.