Stitch for Students
(from left) Linda Engstrom, Kathy Hinkle, Betty Jane Honeycut and Kelley Groce display fabric that will soon be made into nap blankets for Pre-K and Kindergarten children in Lexington and Davidson County.
Some of us hated them to be sure, but most of us looked forward (even if secretly) to that after-lunch nap required of all Kindergartners; that 20 or 30 minutes when the lights were turned down, soft music played and the teacher walked quietly back and forth across the classroom readying afternoon activities.
As peaceful as it can be, nap time is also a part of the day that reminds some of the children in our community of what they don’t have.
For many of our youngest students, having something to call their own, even something as simple as a blanket or quilt to use at nap time, is a foreign concept. Personal possessions are a luxury their families simply can’t afford.
That’s why Betty Jane Honeycut, a Davidson County resident, decided to put all the extra fabric she had lying around her house to good use — and she’s asking others to do the same.
Stitch for Students, as her project has become known, is a community-wide effort to provide handmade nap blankets to Pre-K and Kindergarten students in need. Honeycut has already garnered the interest of seasoned stitchers and amateur sewers from three different area churches, including First Baptist in Lexington where she hosted the first training session for the ongoing project this morning.
A second training session, at which Honeycut and others signed on to lead the project will demonstrate how to turn 1 yard lengths of fabric into the simple blankets, is in the works.
Please contact Honeycut at 249-3526 for more information about Stitch for Students. Individual or group training sessions may be scheduled by request.