July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.

Homemakers make difference

Letters to the Editor

To the editor:
The Jay County Extension Homemakers had their achievement day on Tuesday, April 17 and had a wonderful time. As part of Indiana Extension Homemakers, we have focus groups that consist of education, leadership and voluntary community support.
You will see us more involved in volunteer community support as we do various things in and around the county. We had access to lots of fabric and yarn. Some of our members began in February and met several times since at the 4-H Building. In December, we asked those attending to bring king size flat sheets that we would use to make hospital gowns for the Cancer Society.
On Tuesday, we had a representative from Miller’s Merry Manor, Dunkirk; one from Persimmon Ridge, Portland; one from the Jay County Retirement Center and one from the Cancer Society.
We were able to donate more than 80 lap robes, 40 toboggan hats; a few scarves; 31 tote bags for walkers, wheel chairs or rail beds; and 10 hospital gowns. And we are not done yet. We will not meet together to work on these items until the fall, although some may work when they have time during the summer.
One member made all the totes and some lap robes. Another member made 70 lap robes. I am still in awe at what we did and donated, knowing we are helping to make a difference in someone’s life.
The Extension Homemakers have a creed: “We believe in the present and its opportunities, in the future and its promises; in everything that makes life large and lovely; in the divine joy of living and helping others. And so we endeavor to pass on to others that which has benefited us, striving to go onward and upward, reaching the pinnacle of economic perfection in improving, enlarging and enduring the greatest institution in the world: The Home.”
This may be a little long, but I want the community to know that we are active, we are busy, and next year the IEHA will be 100 years old. We will be celebrating. The organization has changed some, just to keep up with the present. But our goal is still the same. Thank you to all of the members that worked on this project.
Roberta R. Horn, Jackson NuKummers and Jay County Extension Homemakers[[In-content Ad]]
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