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Amy Frank and her Secret Seamstress Society of girls ages 8 - 14 held an event to make super hero/story capes for the Urukundo School in Rwanda, Africa. This is the second year Amy gathered girls together to work on a giving back project. She plans to offer two free events each year to support the local community and the Urukundo School in Rwanda.

Assisting Amy with this collaborative project was another sewing instructor, Kristin. We even had a visit from Chris Rosenblum, senior reporter at the Centre Daily Times, to see what the activity at Contempo Boutique in Boalsburg was all about. And a wonderful story was the result. Thank you Chris. To read it in it's entirety, go to Centre Daily Times and search Secret Seamstress Society.

Some of the girls told me they worked on the fish project with Amy last fall and others said they remembered me when I came to their elementary schools to work on classroom to classroom partnerships. Great to know these partnerships have meaning for them a year later.

As always Amy and Kristin were organized and ready for the Halloween costumed girls. They would work collaboratively with some sewing, some cutting appliqué pieces and others finishing them with ribbon ties. They learned that everyone working together meant many hand were involved each each special cape.

I can't wait to see what the teachers and children in Rwanda think about them. What they will call them and how they will use them. And perhaps there will be other children that will write stories to go along with the capes. Anything is possible.

Amy Frank
Kristin Nasal
Chris Rosenblum
The Creativity team!