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Sewing Camp at Auburn Church Produces Quilts for Orphanage

Jul 23, 2021

The Gold Country Media is reporting on the efforts of boys and girls at Auburn Grace Community Church, Auburn, Calif. (Phil Sparling, senior pastor) to make quilts for an orphanage in Guatemala. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article and to see additional photos.

Jr. Sewers & Rippers of Auburn make quilts for orphanage in Guatemala

Week two participants show off their work. Back row, from left, Rebecca Grant, Camila Burgos, Morgan Glenwinkel, Delaney Hard, Gloria Grant and Kira Frownfelter. Third row, from left, Elisabeth Gustafsson, Arabella Krumal, Liam Critchfield, Genny Williams, Emma Nistor, Jeressa Miller, Giovanna Burgos, Chloe Reding, Allie Potter and Matthew Hannan. Second row, from left, Sierra Frownfelter, Jadie Tolletson, Leah Humber, Fatima Geronimo, Emma Boland, Layla Capuchino and Henry Durham. Front row, from left, Rhoda Staurseth (founder), Lauren Glenwinkel, Natalie Sullivan, Reagan Crowley and Hazel Durham.

Forty-nine girls and boys with the Jr. Sewers & Rippers completed 86 quilts that will go to an orphanage in Xela, Guatemala, in August. They sewed in two sessions in June.

Jr. Sewers & Rippers was started by Rhoda Staurseth and the ladies’ sewing group – the Sewers & Rippers – in 2004 at Auburn Grace Community Church. The summer sewing camp has grown from five participants to between 50 and 65 each year with the exception of this past Covid year, when 25 sewed at home.

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