4-H Club members display some of the 98 stockings stuffed for island children
By Lorena Stankevich
This holiday season the Orcas Island Trailblazer 4H club stuffed 98 stockings for local children in need.
This is an ongoing community service project for the club – our members also serve as members of the local Girl Scouts troop; we sell Girl Scout cookies in Feb. and March to raise money specifically for this project.
The success of this project depends on lots of people. Amber Paulsen works with our local food bank and Orcas Family Connections to identify the need. Club members make a presentation to our local Lions Club asking for a donation to purchase stocking stuffers. Amber and Margie Sabine use the Lion’s Club donation and the money raised from selling Girl Scout cookies to purchase stocking stuffers.
At the first 4H club meeting of the new season the stockings are cut out, then Mary Minnis sews the stockings. Finally, a few days before the stocking are due to the food bank, the club members stuff the stockings, in less than an hour. This year we stuffed 98 stockings for local children!
It is such an incredible project. This is our third year giving stocking to local kids – we really look forward to this event. It feels good to do this for kids in our community!
