Sewing machines hum, irons hiss and scissors snip in a small room at the Wolfforth United Methodist Church each month as about a dozen women meet to sew dresses and shorts they will send to children ...

Six years ago, Renita Yahara was given several large boxes of material from a friend. Yahara, of Elizabethtown, started searching online for a way to use the material that would help others. That’s ...

The whir of sewing machines and the snipping of scissors through fabric are sounds heard in Lancaster County that are changing young girls’ lives on the other side of the world. More than 4,000 miles ...

On a recent sunny Saturday, about 26 women gathered to sew dresses for the Dress a Girl Around the World project, which is part of Hope 4 Women International. This organization, founded in 2006, has a ...

CHATFIELD — When Denise Smalley thought about little girls in poor countries having to wear tattered old clothes, it practically broke her heart. "In some of these places they don't get something nice ...

DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE. BUSY BOBBINS AT THE BRIDGEWATER SENIOR CENTER. THE PATTERN BEING SEWN IS SIMPLE. SO WE HAVE THE FABRIC. WE HAVE THE POCKET MATERIAL, ALL THE STRAPS. BUT SO VERY SPECIAL. THEY’RE ...

Sharon Meehan used to teach in an inner-city school. She noticed that a girl at her school was teased about her clothing, which revealed her low-income status. So when the girl was named student of ...