Calling ALL Crafters!

We tried something new this past month with the guests staying at the Women's facility (AKA Joshua Center).  Instead of just showing up and serving dinner and leaving, we decided to try our hands at a few crafts.  We had a candy cane nameplate table, a cookie-decorating station and even a ornament table.  It took awhile for our friends at the Joshua Center to get involved, but as soon as they did, they LOVED it!  The crafts were a HUGE success!

Most, if not all, of the Women made all three of the crafts too!  They couldn't stop talking about them!  I saw several of these new friends at the Christmas Store the next morning and I heard so much good stuff about the crafts that they did.  One woman said that she had never decorated a cookie before. Wow!  How cool is it that we were able to provide such a great experience?  And about something that I've definitely taken for granted before.

As a result of the overwhelmingly good time that the Women had, we've decided to do a special craft every month.  And that's where YOU come in.... We need craft leaders and lots of good craft ideas.  So drop me a line at amanda(dot)bratschie(at)gmail(dot)com if you'd like to lead a craft - or if you have crafting ideas that think might work.  Keep in mind that it's for roughly 30 guests staying at Breakthrough - not everyone will participate, but some volunteers will probably make the craft too.

For all our craft ideas, we need to assume that about 35 people will participate and that we'll only have about an hour to put everything together.  Get your artsy hat on and let's get crafty together!  :)