4-H youth sewing club provides travel pillows to BHC patients

In its first year of existence, the Whitley County 4-H youth sewing club is already finding ways to make a positive difference in the community. Last week, club members made a special visit to Baptist Health Corbin (BHC) to donate travel pillows, each with a handmade cover, to patients there.

Teresa Lawson, who is serving as the leader of the sewing club, said that teaching sewing as part of Whitley County’s annual 4-H summer camp eventually led to the demand for a regular club. Currently, the club has five members – Abby Helton, Evelyn Kroetsch, Isabelle McGinley, Charlie Dengel and Molly Eversole.

“We meet once a month to go over the basics of sewing,” Lawson explained. “Some of the girls have had a little bit of experience with sewing, and some have had none.”

The donation of travel pillows to BHC patients marked the club’s first-ever community service project, with more special projects being planned for the future.

Club members received help with the project from a local homemakers group called Busy Bees. Colleen Brummett, who is a Busy Bees club member, said that the two groups collaborated to make close to 30 pillow cases featuring an assortment of different patterns.

Lawson said that BHC representative Debbie Hardin had informed the clubs that surgery patients would likely benefit from the donations the most.

For more information on the 4-H sewing club, as well as other clubs and special programs, contact the Whitley County Cooperative Extension Office in Goldbug by calling (606) 549-1430 or go online to www.whitley.ca.uky.edu.