<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>free/volunteer opportunities from sewgreen!</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Wendy Skinner" <<a href="mailto:ws@twcny.rr.com">ws@twcny.rr.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 7, 2010 12:53:51 PM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>SewGreen News, July 2010: New Store, Summer Classes, Free Friday</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Wendy Skinner" <<a href="mailto:ws@twcny.rr.com">ws@twcny.rr.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div>SewGreen News, July 2010<br><a href="http://www.sew-green.org">www.sew-green.org</a><br><br>SewGreen is a not-for-profit organization that encourages sustainability in everyday life through sewing, reuse, refashioning, and stewardship of traditional sewing skills and technologies.<br><br>-------------------------------<br>HOME AT LAST!<br>We have moved our sewing classroom and resale store to side-by-side storefronts at 112 North Cayuga Street, in Ithaca's historic Clinton Hall. Look for us on the west side of the street, next to the yellow awning. The store is bigger, brighter, and has more bargains than ever. The classroom is also bigger and more comfortable. It's been something of a whirlwind to get here. SewGreen has moved four times since its start, but we feel like we're home at last.<br><br>-------------------------------<br>FREE FRIDAY, JULY 16<br>SewGreen will join Significant Elements for a "Free Friday" giveaway. They have surplus building materials; we have fabric and as-is sewing machines (most in need of repair). We'll be at 110 Center Street, near the corner of South Plain, from 10 am to 3 pm. You can also check out Historic Ithaca's selection of reclaimed historic architectural items in the Significant Elements store.<br><br>-------------------------------<br>LITTLE DRESSES FOR AFRICA<br>SewGreen's reuse sewing project for the summer is to make pillowcase dresses that are donated to children in orphanages in Central Africa by a group called Little Dresses for Africa. For more about the organization and how to sew the dresses, visit http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/. In June, the girls in our Friday afternoon children's class sewed, with great care and creativity, about a dozen of the dresses. We are showing them off at the new SewGreen store, where you can pick up print-outs of the easy directions. To help with the project, bring clean gently-used pillowcases or -- better yet -- finished dresses to the store. We are making and collecting pillowcase dresses until September 11, when we will pack them up and send them to the group that distributes them.<br><br>-------------------------------<br>SEWGREEN STORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED<br>Work a shift at the SewGreen store! It's fun and inspiring, especially if you like to sew, knit, or do other needlecrafts. We need volunteers for various shifts. Contact Wendy at coord@sew-green.org for a schedule and more information. Training is provided, and volunteers get special perks!<br><br>-------------------------------<br>CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS INVITED<br>Help us teach sewing to students of all ages. A knowledge of basic machine sewing and a joy of working with diverse groups is all that's needed. If you have more advanced skills, we'd love to talk about how you can contribute to our class offerings. Contact Wendy at coord@sew-green.org.<br><br>-------------------------------<br>To be added to or subtracted from the SewGreen newsletter list, send an email to coord@sew-green.org.<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>