Napanee Mask Mate Project

Good Saturday morning!

Although wet and soggy out, we still can help folks out with their sore ears!

Most of our inventory was distributed to our local LTC homes a few months ago (about 600 pairs!), but we still have a small supply for those in need.

This bag of 12 pairs is going to a PSW in Amherstview, and the other workers on her shift.

We can still help, but in smaller volumes than previous times. Reach out if you need our product.

Contactless pickup in Napanee.

I've spent the past couple of days packaging up MMs, and remembering many lovely moments with these from last year's frenzy of making them.

I've got 552 packages of them (2 per package) ready, with another 100 being buttoned as I type (Thx to Scourse who has always been a rockstar for us!).

I'm beyond thrilled to find homes for them, and grateful to know all the work put into their making is still adding much value to the Project, and our Community!

Most of them are being shared among the LTCs in our area...PLEASE advise if I've missed an LTC - these are what Mr Google told me:

Village Green - Selby
Friendly Manor - Deseronto
John Parrott Centre
The Riverine

If there are folks seeing this post, and on staff at these LTCs, and willing to pick up and deliver these packages, I'd be very grateful. Pls let me know. (Village Green is already covered!) 😁

Cheers and have a safe day!

Good morning Napanee! And in particular, those folks working in our local public schools.

Our group made and supplied all our local schools with our ear savers last year, and when school never really 'reopened', all this supply has sat in my spare room; it's time to move them out!

I wanted to check with the schools to see if they need to replenish their stock, before shipping them off to our local LTCs (I'm very grateful to find places still using and needing them!).

If you work at any of our local public schools, pls pass this post along to the person at your school, who would know, and ask them to send me a fb message, if they'd like some. I even include delivery!

Big thanks!

Hello Napanee! Remember us? We made those cute little ear savers that you used last year, in those early months of Covid.

By now, you'll have found your perfect mask, and any accessories you might need, I'm sure.

I still have a large volume of Mask Mates available (since the kids never really got back to school), and need to reclaim some space in my apt!

I am giving most of them to the various LTC facilities in town, but before I empty all my supply, are there any folks out there, that want some?

They're packaged 2 to a baggie, with the care instructions inside and absolutely free. Contactless pickup in Napanee.

Please let me know if there's any interest. Cheers and thx in advance!

Remember us? We've been quiet, these past few months, but we are STILL here!

We have lots of Mask Mates available... with the restrictions loosening up, masks will STILL be required, and we can help make wearing them much more comfortable.

Please send us a message to this fb page, and we'll be happy to outfit your summer needs!

Remember...THEY'RE FREE!!!!

Individually packaged in pairs, with care instructions included. Local contactless pickup in Napanee!

Cheers & stay safe!

Good morning world! Yes, we're still here, quietly watching Covid continue wreaking havoc on peoples' lives.

I filled and will be delivering an order for Mask Mates here in town, but are being forwarded to family members, further afield. Glad to help in any way!

Another Maker has put together an order for a group of walkers in Amherstview, enabling them to safely exercise within their group.

Very grateful and glad to be meeting folks' needs.

Drop us a message, if we can help keep you, your family or co-workers safe, with our ear savers.

Free! Contactless pickup in Napanee.

Be safe! Mask up!

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season from Napanee Mask Mate Project & Madame Kiki.

A special shoutout to all our Makers and Buttoneers; your hard work, support and friendship has meant the world to me, and brought me much joy as well as purpose, thru this difficult year.

Be safe, mask up, and count your blessings through this Covid Christmas.

We'll still be here, & supporting folks in 2021 with our ear savers.

Madame Kiki interrupted the photo shoot, so excuse the wonky little tree.

Cheers!!!

Good snowy morning!

For those taking a drive test or visiting the MTO in Belleville, you'll see the staff wearing our Mask Mates!

We're still here, providing free ear savers to our Community. Reach out if you are in need!

Cheers and drive safe! Mask up!

I havent posted in a while, then suddenly 2 posts in a row!

Not only were we recognized in Parliament, we have sent some MMs all the way north to Cape Dorset, Nunavut!

We've included 10 sets of our ear savers for a family who is being sponsored here in Napanee, timely since news of outbreaks of Covid are now happening in our northern region.

Also dropped off another 15 to Hotel Dieu in Kingston this morning, while attending a medical appointment.

Send us a request, if you need our ear savers....they're FREE!!!

On a wet, drizzly day, our MMs continue to reach out and keep folks safe!

Marina Scourse, one of our fabulous Makers, took on a custom order from RBC here in Napanee, and got these 10 sets made in record time!

'Taylor Blue' with yellow stitching, they carry the bank's corporate colours, and we're thrilled to know another local business is sporting our product!
Wear them well, RBC, and thx to Jo-Anne Smith for the order!!

Contact us, please, if you want some of our Mask Mates. They're free, 100% cotton, washable, and come packaged in a set of 2, and available for contactless pickup in downtown Napanee.

Mask up and stay safe folks!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, even with all the covid protocols.

Did our MMs attend anything special? Did you wear them during a socially distanced outing?? Did you wear them proudly, to keep yourself and everyone safe??

Good for you!!! Well done!!!

Going thru our current inventory, I was delighted to be able to fill a customer's colour request for MMs for their family.

It feels great to be able to do just a little bit extra, to make something a bit more special.

Reach out to us, if you know of anyone that could use our ear savers. We're here to help!

Mask up and be safe!!! Cheers!

Don't forget to visit the Home Town Market today....and pick up your FREE set of Mask Mates!!!!

Thx to the Town for having them available today!!!

Happy Thanksgiving amd stay safe!!

We may not have posted much this week, but we've been busy!

We've gone REGIONAL! (outside our Town's boundary, lol), and have provided Enterprise Public School with Mask Mates for ALL teachers and students!!! 110 kids and 15 adult MMs were picked up by Bedore today, for delivery to the school.

Shannon had reached out in early September for MMs, but with our ongoing school project, she got put on hold till just this past week!

We were thrilled to have enough MMs to cover ALL the kids & teachers at Enterprise PS, after our big push to cover our local Napanee schools!

WAIT!....AND....there's more!

You'll see our colourful products at the Napanee Home Town Market, during their final event this Saturday, October 10th!!!

We delivered 100 sets to Kelsey last week, for the Committee to distribute to the Markets' visitors, on OUR behalf. Not sure what their plan is, but I'm sure it'll be fun!

Having the MMs at the Market is another dream of mine achieved, with the help from our incredible Crew! Thank you, every one of you!

What a great way to spread the word of our free ear savers! We're continuing this project, for as long as Covid is disrupting our lives, here in Napanee, at least. 🙂🙂🙂 . Send us a message to this page, and we'll get you covered!

Cheers, Mask Up and see u at the Market! And Enterprise PS - thx for your order!!!!!

I found a fat envelope in my mailbox yesterday afternoon - from Cornerstone Christian Academy. The pix don't do justice to the cards or the artwork on the envelopes. They are fabulous!!!!

My heart has overflowed. The time and care taken by staff to organize, then encourage the kidlets to write these notes, is so appreciated by our entire Crew!

I shared with them first, in a group message yesterday, as these treasures really belong to them! They're an amazing group of caring folks, and so deserve to share these beautiful notes.

I would love to know if Olivia's cat drawings are supposed to be Madame Kiki????? I've included a pic of her with the notes! She loves them too!!!

Wow. I'm blown away! Thx to Cornerstone for their thoughtfulness. It makes our hard work SO worthwhile!

Cheers and thanks! Mask Up and be safe!!!

Good morning Napanee! The news this week, that we have a positive Covid case in one of our schools we provided MMs to, has prompted me to post to the Community.

Every school in Napanee has a supply of Mask Mates available to any and all students. FREE. PLEASE encourage your kids to ask their teacher, and access them. The supply will be continual, and easily available.

Please contact me here on this page, if your family, isolated friends, or business needs these ear savers. We are still making, and providing these to folks for free.

We are here and available to help our Community!

Stay safe! Mask Up!
Wash yer hands! Cheers!

Good glorious morning! The sun is shining and I'm on the balcony, enjoying the lovely morning. I missed a few mornings this past week, so it feels wonderful, and a great start to my day.

The last delivery of MMs to the elementary schools will happen today. Our hope is that the stock each school has, will carry them for a few months, and all schools are free to order more, at any time.

We'll shift now, to serving our community - seniors, teachers, LTC facilities.....we will continue making our little helpers, so please spread the word.

Cheers, and thanks for your interest and support! Kiki sends her best regards!!!

I want to shine some light on the fabulous group of people we have as part of the MM Crew.

Whether they are Makers, Buttoneers or both, each person has brought their creativity, enthusiasm, & their desire to help their fellow community members.

My life has been blessed by these folks, who have plodded along for a much longer timeframe than any of us expected. They've supported me in so many ways, and have often performed other tasks, like deliveries, or pickups.

Each set of MMs is unique - no 2 are ever the same, because their creator is making a piece of art. Wearable art. Infused with good intention, care and 'good joojoo'!

We wish all our customers wear them well, and in good health.

Please join me in thanking these folks for their handiwork & care!

(In no particular order):

Joan McDonald
Fidelia Dufour
Kelly Smith Armitage
Robin Hanna Asselstine
Kristy Dunham
Lynn Abernethy Thatcher
Felisha Tina-Marie Wilson
Karen Wilson
Kate Comeau
Susan & Gaetan Crevier
Maggie Kirkman-Taylor
Marina Scourse

And Honourable Mention:

Taylor Sweet - YKG3D
Jo-Anne Smith

Each school has some of EACH crew members' creations. Each member if our Collective can feel the pride of knowing their work is in every school, here in Napanee. Be proud folks!

I've added some photos of MMs, showcasing their uniqueness. I had lots of fun taking 'artsy' pix ...love all the colours!

Wearable art. Pretty cool, I think!
Thanks to those listed above, for making it happen ! 1100 sets in our Napanee schools !! Woo hoo!

And we'll continue ... helping our community members be confortable, while being safe.

Cheers and thx for your support! Remember to thank these folks, if you run into them!

We did it, folks! We achieved our goal of having 1000 sets of Mask Mates in our Napanee schools, for kids to access as needed!

The final delivery will be made over the next few days, and we have actually placed 1100 sets (2200 MMs) throughout 6 schools.

I'll be making another post (or 3 or 4), putting some focus on our incredible Collective of people. This Project could never have happened, without their help!

Very proud to have been able to provide this 'service' to our kids, to help keep them safe. Meanwhile, we're back to taking orders from the public...so send us a message if you'd like to order some MMs for your workplace or family members.

Cheers....Mask Up!!!

Good Saturday morning! The sun IS trying to poke thru the clouds, and hopefully the air will warm up a bit. I'm on the balcony, but 3 layers of sweaters plus a blankie aren't working for me so far, lol.

Lots of dropoffs from our Makers and Buttoneers throughout the week, and our 2nd 'wave' of MMs were all delivered to the primary schools, thx to Marina and Maggie!

All focus is now on the adult sizes, so we can fulfill our NDSS commitment, and reach out to the teachers.

I'm busy sorting, packaging & bundling (all happy tasks for me), and worked on The Lonely Onlyies too...getting a few matches made!

It appears I spoke too soon about The Poppy Project for Niagara Falls' Museum, in honour of our Veterans. I didn't realize their deadline for submission was just a few days away, and would be impossible for us to provide anything to them.

I reached out to the Museum, to find out they've been overwhelmed with responses, and due to Covid restrictions, haven't been able to do much of the final work on the netting, to secure the poppies. Many submissions are stuck in the mail, coming from as far away as New Zealand!

It was always intended to be a legacy project for them, so incoming poppies yet to be received, will be used for future installations. So, we're 'off the hook', so to speak.

What a wonderful reason to step away from a hasty commitment! Perhaps our crew can consider doing something for next year. And I'll do MY due diligence before any other commitments! 🙄

Enjoy your day...get out to the Market if you can, and thanks for checking in with us.

Cheers...wear your mask!!!!

Hello folks! Hope everyone that is school bound, is easing back into the new 'normal' and the kidlets aren't struggling too much with their masks.

The 2nd batch of MMs are being delivered today and tomorrow, thanks to Marina Scourse and Maggie Kirkman-Taylor, 2 of our Makers in our crew. We are now headed toward the final making and delivery of the last of our 1000 sets of MMs for Napanee students. YAAAAYYYYYY!!!

Onto something new!!!!!:

We have agreed, as a Collective, that our crew is going to participate in THIS other project, once our fulfillment of the school commitment is complete - crocheted or knitted poppies - to be sent to Niagara Falls Ontario, for an art installation commemorating our Vets this November.

We want to ensure The Town of Greater Napanee is included in this endeavour, and will be reaching out to our local Napanee Legion (branch 137) to help spread the word, and invite other crafters to add to our donation of poppies going to Niagara Falls.

and watch this page for more details! We're more than Mask Mates, it seems!!!

Reach out please, if you'd like to be part of this new project.

Cheers!!

Every November, the Niagara Falls Museum sets up a display for Remembrance Day. This year the Museum will also be remembering prolific knitter and Canadian Legacy, Elizabeth Lundy, with a large-scale installation of knit and crochet poppies. You can join in by stitching a poppy and sending it to the Niagara Falls Museum. Get all the info here: https://bit.ly/2Zv4vZl

Good afternoon Napanee! I'm sooooo happy to be home, after my 24 hrs in Toronto.

We have our 2nd delivery to the schools ready, all but NDSS. We've shifted all of our crew over to making the large size - and will have a delivery for NDSS soon.

This is another 320 sets of MMs for the students to access. That brings us to 780 sets to date!

Our final delivery will be in about 10 days...bringing the total to 1000 sets of MMs that we've brought to our Napanee kids!

Proud of our crew's commitment and talent, that brings this gift to our kids.

Cheers! Mask up and stay safe!!!!

Thinking of all the kids, teachers, parents, bus drivers...family members all worried how things will roll out, with kids returning to school.

Lots of love and good joojoo being sent to all of them!

For a 'small day', yesterday, it was busy.... Amazingly so! Lots of drop offs, pick ups, and bagging up happening!

Soooo cool for a Buttoneer to have a chance to meet the Maker who is their supplier! I even met Lynn's pup, who I did try to pet, but we just couldn't quite reach!

I'm catching my breath, and getting 'round 2' ready....I bagged 212 SETS yesterday!!!!!

Our Crew is fabulous and I love them all!

Today will be a 'small' day for me; reorganizing the bedlam in my apt into a better organized mess, for one thing, lol.

Getting supplies bagged up for our Makers - to continue on this great project.

Sending prayers, good joojoo and all good vibes to the kids, parents and teachers for the coming days. It's going to be challenging, but please, stay kind. We will all get thru this, with a little kindness.

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I'm a happy lady this afternoon. All 6 local schools have a reasonable supply (80 sets) for kids on their first day back!

More will be delivered next week, and we'll have a good idea by then, whether even more will be needed for the schools.

Next...the Teachers!!! By the time we get the kids fitted out, teachers will know if THEY want them too!

Thx to all the parents & teachers for your support in this project, & today's school staff for making my drop offs so easy!!!!

Kiki wasn't amused this morning, since her routine was interrupted; I got lots of stinkeye. I have some sucking up to do....lol.

Enjoy the pix! Best ones of all were sent on behalf of NDSS, and that bumped up my 'great' day to a STELLAR one!

Cheers! I'm going to tidy up my sewing kit....lol

First bag out the door - waiting for pickup! What a great start to a fabulous day!

Cornerstone Christian Academy - MMs are enroute to you!

So proud of our Crew, and our accomplishments - my heart is full. ❤❤❤

My heart is singing!

We will have at least a minimum of 80 MMs in ALL the Napanee schools, for September 3rd!

Perhaps not our entire, original goal of 1000 sets (roughly 200 sets per school), but close enough, in my books!

We'll continue 'making' this week and next, making a 2nd delivery by Sept 8th (what I THOUGHT was the 1st day of school!) of our 1000 sets (2000 MMs)!!!

A massive and quick shoutout to our Crew, who have been beyond amazing, and have created such beautiful work, with such love. More on them, later!

Today's completed # of sets: 410!!!!!!

We have 300 blanks in the wings, waiting to be buttoned, and with what's in process right now with the Crew, I'd say we'll ace our goal, no worries!!! Just a week later, is all!

A few more Lonely Onlyies matched up; every bag that could be bagged up, IS bagged up. Hardest job for me is squeezing all the air out of the bags!!!!!

Picking a random 40, to fill a bag for the school, is like swishing around a goldfish bowl, looking for the winning tickets! I swished those sets around real good, and mixed them up! EVERY Maker and Buttoneers' work will be at EVERY school! Even a set of Taylor Blues!!!!

Thx for the interest & support! Cheers and have a great evening!

Good glorious morning!!!! My bones sure are happy to see the sun today!!!!

I've posted pix of various stages of creating MMs, and tho I love ALL the stages, I've now found the REAL sweet spot for me!

These solo MMs are leftovers that never got matched up with their 'sister' colour (we package in pairs, you see).

So, these could be called poor lost souls, or the sad misfits, however, I prefer to call them the Lonely Onlyies (LOs) ....sounds a bit kinder, right? (I did struggle with the spelling, and that's what stuck!).

Because we have many Makers, several of whom prepare 'blanks' to be passed on to our buttoners, and all of those people are using the same colours of yarn, any one of those folks might make an uneven number, and I suddenly end up with a bigger bag of OLs!!!!

THIS is my fave part of it all!!!! Matching these guys up, and getting them bagged, BEFORE the project end (matched by size only, at that point! - we'll need every one put into service!) Lol.

I'm busy packaging and bundling today; my heart is so full, as I see the baggies mount in size, around me!

I'll post our collective # to date, around 5 pm! Stay tuned!!!

Simple pleasures for simple minds....and I'm loving it!!!!

Have a gorgeous day!!!!!

Drier but still cool, I'm on the balcony, wrapped up in a blankie, so I'm well set to 'button' for awhile, this morning.

I had lots of baggies dropped off yesterday, and it looked like Christmas morning, when I checked the milkcrate! What a bounty!!!

Its our last few days of making, before the delivery to the schools. I'll be connecting with the folks linked to the schools, to determine delivery date and time.

I'll post occasional updates on our numbers for those folks interested in tracking our SUCCESSFUL climb to our goal - keeping our kids safe in school!!!

The 9am bells have just pealed....have a safe and happy Friday!!! Cheers!!!

Where did Summer go??? It feels like a soggy Fall day out there!

I'm tucked inside, sewing buttons - the perfect task for me, for today!

MMs are being picked up, dropped off, and supply refills are busy happening. Lovely to finally meet our newest Maker Susan, who is a member of our only wife/hubby team!

Stay safe and dry out there today....Cheers for a damp, yet wonderful day!!!

Today I'm knuckling down, and getting my Taylor Blues finished and bagged up! Then, onto the odd little scrappers that didn't quite pass QC, and get them touched up, and into the count!

Found these stray buttons over the past few days, as I've tidied up, trying to get better organized. They were from our first run of buttons we had made for us...back in April or May???

One is from a batch donated by Ewan, a young Engineering student, who had a 3d printer, and wanted to help 'the cause' in some way. And he sure did!

We eventually progressed to our current button, and in 2 colours, no less!!!! We HAVE grown!

Taylor Sweet of YGK3D has been stellar in not only providing a fabulous 'custom' button just for us, he's also been an amazing entrepreneur and supporter of MMs, as well as an encourager to me!

I'm going to keep these 3 buttons...as part of the 'time capsule' I'm building for history (haha)... this time of my life.

Enjoy your day...I'm busy making!!!!! Cheers!!!

Good morning!!!!! I'm up and ready to go pick up buttons, as soon as the churchbells peal! I seem to schedule most things for AFTER churchbells! I do have a lovely life, that allows me that freedom!!! Lol

Anyway....more old lessons from my Xeroid days are coming back to me, as we move thru this ambitious school project commitment.

I've bumbled a few things, not only in materials management, but also in inventory control, and distribution. But I AM kicking butt in Marketing and PR, I think!!!! Lol

A shoutout to our Crew, who are putting so much love and effort into this commitment of mine. I love them all.

Now, onto news! We have our 1st wife and husband team!!! Susan and Gaetan form their own MM team - she crochets and he's the Buttoneer!!! Welcome to our Crew!!!!

Marina has been having fun making MMs, and even stepping out, plugging some d**e holes for me (delivering blanks to our buttoneers, to keep them busy!!!!) Above and beyond duty, and brand new to us; grateful you've joined us, Marina!

A new bunch of MMs are expected to be dropped off today, so our inventory will soon grow much faster! Fidelia sent a pic in of what I can expect today! Beautiful art!!!!

Have a great day folks! And to our Crew: happy hooking!!!

Hooray!!!! Winner of the autographed photo of Madame Kiki is.....
Krista Abbink!!!!!

Her guess of 150 came in closest to our real # - 190!!!

We'll notify you Krista, when your prize is ready for pickup!!!

Thanks all, for playing along!!! I had fun! Hope you did too!!!

Another hot day today! I'm waiting for the 9am bells, then scooting inside!

Do you have your contest entry in the comments yet?

Guess the number of MM packages we have ready to deliver, as of yesterday noon.

I did the count, and all entries received were high, so I've provided a great hint!!!!

Throw in a guess below; Madame K is pretty excited!!! Contest ends today...5pm!

UPDATE! All guesses posted below are too high!!!! You all have another chance!!!

Remember...we're counting how many packages we have completed and ready to ship out.

Take another spin around!!!!
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Edit!: Winner announced Monday Aug 24th...5:00 pm cocktail time!!!!

Just for fun...I'm throwing out an invite to our loyal fb fans!

Please comment below - guess the number of PACKAGES (pairs) of MMs already made....see picture!

The ones on the left are Adult (for NDSS) and those on the right are for the younger kids.

Altogether....One set/pkg per kid. 1000 kids!!!!

How many packages have we got so far, as of right now????

And the PRIZE????? The Prize is an autographed picture of the Quality Control Master herself, Madame Kiki!!! (In a much more flattering pose, I promise)!!!.

Lets have some fun...send in your guess, then the 1st person to guess correctly, wins the prize! More than 1 guess permitted! Lol

C'mon and play! More pix are in the comments...as help!!!!

Hooray its Saturday!!!! Even tho I'm retired, its STILL a lovely feeling to have a weekend to look forward to!

Our crew is working hard, and we've been blessed with new folks signing on as Makers or Buttoneers!

Kristy has been doing double duty as a Maker and ball-roller!! (I'm sure there's a more graceful title, but that'll have to do, for now!!!). She's enabled us to continue working with a variety of colours - rolling the large skeins I have in inventory, into more manageable sizes!!!!

What a blessing for me - no more shopping for small skeins for awhile! Thx Kristy...huge help for me personally, and helps our crew's spirits, working with a variety of colours.

My morning was spent gathering every MM in my apt - sorting, bagging, I finally (again) have some order in my apt!

Enjoy your day....watch for more exciting news from us...later today!

Hint: Oooohhhh...
a CONTEST!!!!!

Good glorious morning!!!!!

I'm relieved to see full Summer again - I was a bit nervous with yesterday's coolness, that we were already heading into Fall! So please, enjoy the day to its fullest!!!

As for MM updates, I'm thrilled to be able to say we have 2 new Makers on board, and a Buttoneer in the wings for next week! Woo hoo!!!! Welcome to Marina Scourse and Maggie Kirkman-Taylor!!! They were already posting pix last evening, of their first attempts at MMs! I couldn't ask for more enthusiasm from new crew members!!!!

What an awesome Collective we've formed! All women, just sayin'....men are encouraged to join us!!!! They are very welcome!!!!

Two weeks folks - 2000 Mask Mates!

It's a big commitment..and one I believe we will absolutely achieve! The crew we have, will work to the bone, to MAKE it happen. I've seen that dedication from each one of them, already, so I KNOW they'll 'be there' for the push.

I just don't want them to have to work THAT hard - so please, if you can, please give us your hands (to sew...or crochet...hahaha). Cue to 'lighten the mood'!....wow....

(Some of the marketing skills from working in corporate life for 40 yrs, seem to be at work!!!! Sorry (not sorry) for my exuberance! 😁😁😁

My plea on What's Going on Napanee? has seen a lot of activity, and hoping this shameless tag might bring us more!!!!

Yes, I'm greedy and asking for more help!!!!! Even if only for this short project timeframe ...the kids go back to school in two weeks folks!

PLEASE, consider helping by crocheting, knitting or sewing on buttons...we need your help.

Thanks in advance and cheers!!!!

Do u believe in the magic of numbers???? I do, and was thrilled to see 111 Likes on our fb page this morning!!!!! There's power in that number, and I'm positive it'll bring us some more Makers and Buttoneers!

Welcome to Karen Wilson, who has joined our crew! She not only is buttoneering for her daughter Felisha, she has agreed to take on additional blanks and button those as well!!!! Woo hoo!!!

She arrives at the perfect time, as our other new Buttoneer, Mary, has had a fall and is out of commission. 😔

Do you crochet or knit? Can u sew on buttons? Do u have some kids old enough, that want to do some 'good' for their fellow community members?

Please consider joining us, even for this short timeframe project - getting at least 35% of the school kids fitted out with a pair of MMs, by start of school...only a couple of weeks away!!!

I provide all materials, and if you're local, I can even deliver! MMs are quick and easy to make, and you can even have choice of a fairly wide array of colours!!!!

This sounds a bit like a plea for help....I hope I'm not sounding desperate, but we do need some help. Please think about it!!! Or tell someone about us, who might like to help!

Meanwhile, I made time to finally finish MY week's share toward our goal...a pitiful few, but Taylor Blue and dusted with lots of good joojoo!

Please share this post! Thx and have an awesome day!!!