As most of you know, there will be a Sustainable Skills Program at the maternity home, where the girls will learn sewing, soap-making, basket-weaving, crafts and jewelry-making skills, as well as gardening, cooking, parenting and much more.

Here are the items we are collecting this month:

Craft & sewing items- thread all colors, regular spools, large funky buttons (they will be using African fabrics for the projects), jewelry supplies: round nose jewelry pliers, small jump rings, eye pins, white glue, fishing line, soap molds, yarn, and old calendars.

ADDED: scissors for sewing, scissors for cutting paper and scrapbook paper-all sizes, colors patterns, small paint brushes, small craft styrofoam

You can mail the items to:

The Mercy House

8000 Research Forest Dr Ste. 115-110

Spring, TX 77382

We will also need shoes for the girls in the home-various sizes of athletic and church shoes in good condition.

We are still in need of large (used) suitcases for transporting items.

Deadline: April 30, 2011

Thank you so much for the support. It is making a difference!