Bullying

I have come up with a new project! I will be starting and finishing my next big project over this summer. As a child I dealt with bullying from my peers. This bullying has effected me in many ways! This summer I have decided to do some type of benefit to help spread awareness about bullying. It will be part of my Gold Award project. I will be collecting people's stories and advice about bullying from now until August. If you want to give advice about how to survive bullying, how you where effected or, how someone close to you was effected. These can be in the form of a art, a letter or any other way you feel like getting your point across. Copies will be used and a displayed as art to give others who may be dealing with bullying something to keep their hopes up. I ask that you please remain anonymous and when talking about others use made-up names. Please get the word out there in any way you can. I will except stuff from outside of Hood River.

What is next for me?

I have been pondering what to do next. I have thought about Comfort Bags for Fighters. It would be the same thing as Comfort Bags for Kids but for people in war. I have also thought about Comfort Bags for Poor, Comfort Bags for Haiti and Comfort bags for Orphans. All of these will be as much work as Comfort Bags for KidsBut I need more projects. I am hoping to go to The Working boys Center in Quito, Ecuador. Maybe Comfort Bags for the working Boys would be a good one.

I know that most definitely I am not closing this process down. The Comfort Bags for Kids will forever have a spot in my heart and mind. If someone asks if there is something they can donate I will not turn them down I most definitely want their help! I am sure eventually the hospital and women's shelter will run out and will need more bags. When that happens they can call on me and I will gladly make more. For now though I would like to find a new Comfort! I think my goal is to give Comfort to every one allover the world.

I hope some of the reicipiants fof Comfort Bags for Kids will share what they did with their bags here at this blog. It would be great for me to learn about those 67 children they give my comfort to.

Bottle cap class went great! The mural was hung in Mid Valley Elementry School!

Now we are just waiting to order the art suplies. I have stuffed some bags and hope to deliver them soon!

Recycle Bottle Caps Class

Mid Valley elementary School Carnival

I will be hosting a recycling bottle caps art class where families will be able to create together with bottle caps. this also will be the last chance to make donations to my project. i am hoping to deliver the Comfort Bags on about the first week of March. Thank you for everybody support!

The Bags Are Sewn!

Over the Thanksgiving break, we finished sewing all the bags! That's over 60 bags!!! Thank you to my neighbor, Socci and her five-year old daughter for their help. Also, thanks to my mom for ironing the hem for all those bags. I am so happy to have all the bags done. Now all I have to do is fill the bags with art supplies and deliver them! Yippee!

Sewing Circle

The project is going great! We have collected a lot of fabric and have decided to have a sewing circle to make the bags. We will be ironing, sewing and putting drawstring in the bags. If anyone wants to come and help they are welcome.

What: A sewing circle to help my Comfort Bags For Kids project.

When: November 25th starting at 1:00pm

Where: 4100 Cloudview Court

Why: To help make Comfort bags

What to bring: Sewing machine, Iron, Drawstring, Thread and art supplies for the Comfort Bags.

RSVP: 541-386-5790 or Comfortbagsforkids@gmail.com

Any one is invited and any help will be greatly appreciated! Hope to see you there!

The Mural

Yesterday morning, I got together with local artist Shelley Toon-Hight to sketch out a plan for the bottle cap mural. I decided on a scene of the orchards and Mount Hood. I then spent several hours painting the scene on the ply wood. Last night, I went to Families in the Park with the mural. Young children came by through out the night to add bottle caps to the scene. It is looking really good already!

I'd like to thank Mike Schend for doing a very eloquent job of telling everybody at the park about my projects. The word is certainly getting out there about the "Comfort Bags for Kids"!