Et cetera : NEWW Lends their hands at House of Hope Mission

Several members served the food at the House of Hope Mission Center while several other members helped in the kitchen or in keeping the food refilled. Sydney & Samantha Walton, Caroline Lang, & Ashlie Meyer shopped locally at Shopko for the supplies for the bags and then spent an afternoon creating all the bags. Submitted by Samantha Walton, reporter The North Eden Willing Workers 4-H Club recently served lunch at the House of Hope Mission in Cedar Rapids. This year the club decided to recycle plastic bags by crocheting mats that the homeless can use to sleep on. The mats work very well because they are light weight and water proof. The club collected and cut many bags while about 4-5 members crocheted bags. Caroline Lang took it one step further and applied for a grant that allowed the club to create over 20 bags with items such as shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, razors, sunscreen, band aids, and several packages of feminine supplies and diapers, etc that were given to the shelter on June 22 when several members of the club brought the mats and bags to the shelter as well as served lunch for approximately 140 people at the shelter. Many members commented on what a great experience the trip was and seeing the shelter for the first time. Many members talked to several of the men, women and children there for lunch that day. The North Eden Willing Workers turned this into a project for the fair and it has been selected to go to the State Fair in August.