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February 19, 2015
Seamstresses give days back to girls By Julie Linn
By Carol Hendricks.
Three generations come together including Michelle Mumford (left) and Madeleine Mumford (right) at the Church on the Ridge to make hygiene kits for women in Swaziland through the Snoqualmie team of Days for Girls.
Imagine living in a place where feminine hygiene products are not available: a woman’s time of the month means staying inside, isolated, waiting for her bleeding to stop. She does not work; she does not go to school. Menstruation, a sign of fertility and life, takes days away from the lives of women without the luxury of pads and tampons. Days for Girls International seeks to get those days back. The Snoqualmie team of Days for Girls operates out of Church on the Ridge. The team has been sewing washable feminine hygiene kits to be distributed to communities of Ntfonjeni, in Swaziland, Africa. The team has already distributed a few hundred kits and aims to make 500 more by the next trip to Swaziland in July. Co-director Carol Hendricks recently returned from Swaziland, where she worked with Pasteur Bheki and his wife Pumie from Spirit and Truth Bible Church in Ntfonjeni. Hendricks received feedback from the church and the community it serves that the
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hygiene kits are well-received and in demand. With the affirmation, Hendricks is creating more connections within the community to increase distribution. In the past, the Snoqualmie team distributed its kits through a local school. Pat Stoll, a seamstress on the team, said volunteers would gather a group of girls in the library after school and demonstrate how to use the kits. “Go-gos,” grandmothers who provide care in place of mothSee DAYS, Page 5
Winery owner hopes to hit a high note with musical show By Sherry Grindeland
Contributed
Images of Italy An art show of work by artist Michael McDevitt is on display at the Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. McDevitt’s show includes 11 pieces from his travels in Italy. The North Bend artist is donating half of the sale proceeds to the senior center for projects such as refurbishing the pool table.
Diana Kaspic wants to add some new notes to the Snoqualmie Valley — a bit of opera music. She’s hosting “An Evening of Opera in the Valley” at her North Bend winery, Piccola Cellars, from 6-10 p.m. Feb. 21. Call it wine tasting for the ears. “I love music, all kinds of music,” Kaspic said. “I was inspired by what Danny (Kolke) has done at Boxley’s and the level of talent he has come through. “Danny has given people
opportunities to perform and for the rest of us to listen.” The deciding factor to add music to the lineup of wine at Piccola was the acoustics. Kaspic wasn’t sure how music would sound in the winery tasting room — in the old fire station in North Bend’s city hall building — but volunteered the space for last fall’s Jazz Walk. “Turns out our space is great for music,” she said. “The enthusiasm of the folks who came and how it sounded when we opened the doors convinced me we should make music more available.”
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