Calling all crafters!!!

We need you - we need your talent - we need your help!


Our Spring/Summer project this year is to provide the Owsley County Outreach Program with new, handmade craft items to sell at the upcoming Appalachian Festival (www.appalachianfestival.org). A couple of us will travel to the event in Ohio and help them sell these items to raise money for food for the children of their area.  Many of these children do not have more than 1 meal a weekend during the school year and we aim to help change that.  On Fridays  the Outreach program provides backpacks full of food to the schools who in turn send them home with the children.  Obviously, this is costly and they get no federal funding. The annual festival can bring in a great deal if we can provide sellable items.  Big ticket items include handmade quilts and blankets!  We will take any handmade craft item and fill our cars to help assist them in their fundraiser.


Want to learn more about them.  Go to this link:


www.owsleycountyoutreach.org


Want to help us?  Please email us with your name and phone number at thebe4goodproject@gmail.com and we will discuss all the details.


Please feel free to join our group - we would love to have you!


and as always, be4good!

EBFL - so thankful!!!

Thanks again to our wonderful group of incredible people.  We made the 40 baskets for the MUST shelter in Cobb County and they were thrilled to receive them!  Here's a pic of some of the baskets we filled:

 

 

On a bittersweet note a dear member of our group, who fought cancer for over 12 years, always loved supporting our projects and loved shopping for kid items, especially for the EBFL project.  The day after Christmas she left us peacefully, surrounded by her family.  It wasn't too long before her husband posted a message wondering who she had bought a bag full of toys for that he found in her office.  Of course, she had communicated with us before her passing that she purchased the toys for our project.  What a joy to be able to add her gifts to our baskets this year!  As the administrator, I pray these needy patrons will somehow feel the love and concern she felt as they play with the cars, etc. that she donated.  Her memory continues to live on through the giving she felt compelled to do even with the battle she was fighting.  She lived everyday to the fullest!  What a true warrior, Shay!

 

The be4good project will miss you and your loving heart! 

 

As we move forward with our next project, a big thank you also goes to the following members for their generosity and support: Susan Neal, Patty Sammons, Jennifer Kenny, Cara Kenny, Samantha Kenny, Patty Voyles, Jill Hewes, Lesley Thomas, JoAnn Crawford, Courtney Young, Eric and Nancy DeHart, Stephanie Gale and Kathryn Gale.  Our next project is next month.  Please check back soon for all the details.

 

and as always, be4good!.