Grade 2 class donate handmade quilt to the needy

Andrea Roberts
Times Contributor

 

A caring group of Grade 2 students from Sacred Heart Academy handed over a special quilt that they made to a representative from Inn From the Cold on April 27.
Shelly Jacober, board member from Inn From the Cold tearfully accepted the quilt from Trudy Crosby’s class. The quilt is the class’s contribution to the school’s Goodworks Project that each class in the school takes part in. The quilt will become part of a care hamper that is given to a family as they leave the Inn for their new home.
This isn’t the first year that a quilt has been donated; in fact, Crosby and each of her classes have been doing this for about 10 years.
“We chose Inn From the Cold because they keep the family together. They look after the family and they look after the children,” said Crosby.
The quilt was patch-worked with cloth and old jean pockets donated by the children’s parents. Inside these pockets were Tim Horton gift cards for the family who will receive the package while on the material parts of the quilt was written prayers from the children.
The students did the sewing and cutting of the material in class themselves, with a little help from their parents and their teacher.
Inn From the Cold has been around for 17 years and the main location is in Downtown Calgary. There are churches that supplement the cause by acting as shelter. However, according to Jacober, the shelter has been over capacity this year as family homelessness grows. Inn From the Cold tries to keep the family healthy and protected while trying to find them somewhere permanent to live.