Dress a Girl Metropolis-Wide Event at St. Basil Church

With humbleness, pride, and love we gathered at the St. Basil Philoptochos Hall on Saturday, October 18^th for our 2^nd annual Metropolis-wide “Dress a Girl around the World” sew-a-thon.  One hundred thirty dresses were completed, and another 54 were taken home by some of the ladies to be completed.   We also had children 9 years old and older make bracelets and necklaces, which they then tied with a ribbon to a card that they had personally written a little note on.   These were placed in one of the pockets of the dresses, along with a pair of panties in the other pocket.   We have just begun to make pants for the boys, and will be adding them to the shipment that will be going to India in the very near future.  Our thanks to everyone that attended, and to those that were unable to we hope to see you at our next gathering.
(Submitted by Dorothy Bezemes)