This year we have raised over $1000 towards to split between charities who feed people. One is in our neighborhood, the Germantown Community Fridge. The other supports low-income women in need of assitance procuring Passover provisions, the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society.
The baskets are made of coconut fiber. They are used as liners for hanging plants, but you can really use them just as a bowl or basket. If you're not finding a use for them, just give yours back. We can use them again next year!
The lace is fairtrade, from a company that went out of business, sadly, and we were able to purchase them at steep discount. Irish nuns originally taught the women of this community in India to make lace. Machine-made lace tanked their business but they did revive it.
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| Sheila Erlbaum's crane |
Thanks to all who worked on this project, one of the most joyful of the year:
Bakers:
Phyllis Berman, Jane Century, Fredi Cooper, Dayle Friedman, Pesha Leichter, Ruth Loew, Jennifer Paget, Sharon Strauss, and Esther Wiesner
Contributors of contents:
Lynne Jacobs, Irene McHenry, and Sharon Strauss.
Origami artists: Eleanor Brownstein and Sheila Erlbaum
Assemblers and Deliverers:
Eleanor Brownstein, Chana Dickter, Grace Flisser, Lynne Jacobs, Sharon Strauss & Sonia Voynow
Captain: Betsy Teutsch
Eleanor demonstrating how the origami frogs jump.
