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Attention quilters: here's a chance to practice your craft while helping newborns in need. Join the Addicted Quilter in the Linus Project, which provides handmade baby quilts for little ones recovering at the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. Addicted Quilter owner Harriet Suggs and her shop have participated for nearly five years. There are three ways to help. Stop by the shop at 3232 Academy Ave. and pick up a Linus Project kit, add the batting, sandwich the layers, quilt in whichever manner you choose, then bring the finished project to the shop. The quilts will be delivered to the hospital's coordinator. Experienced quilters can also make a quilt to donate. Visit www.projectlinus.org for patterns and other information. You can also drop by the shop twice a year when Linus Project volunteers, who visit quilt shops throughout the area, drop by for a week to piece together quilts. It's a great time to meet with other quilters for a good cause. If you're worried your quilting skills aren't up to par, Harriet says the babies don't care if you're a newbie and the parents really appreciate the beautiful gifts. Addicted Quilter can help you perfect your hand and machine quilting and hand tying. Visit www.addictedquilter.com or call 484- 7752.
I've mentioned the Westmoreland Child and Youth Association in this column previously. It's the brainchild of longtime youth- sports advocate, Tyrone Hines, who's been putting together youth- sports teams in the city for decades. He and the association have added a mentoring component to the program and have partnered with Virginia Cooperative Extension to teach kids how to garden. Extension officer Cyndi Wyskiewicz meets with the kids weekly to discuss gardening methods, produce that grows in our area, and weed and insect control. The group then moves outside to the garden, a community plot at a local school. The goal is twofold: promote better eating habits while introducing a new skill. Time spent outdoors is an added bonus. Cyndi says it's still a bit early to plant warm-weather crops, but the kids have planted lettuce, beans, turnips and broccoli. Plants were donated by Norfolk County Feed and Seed and the Portsmouth Sheriff's Department tilled the soil.See the full content of this document
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