 Earlier this year, Woven Together hosted a consignment sale of
children's clothing, toys and other items in downtown Lincoln. The
Butterflies Kids' Sale is being held twice a year. The sale helps
parents keep expenses down by offering quality, secondhand goods,
and the profits are used in a couple of ways to help put other
families together.
A portion of the money raised is used to help a chosen family
with the costs of adoption. And some of the funds go to aid local
foster care agencies through a program called Project Sunshine.
This year, the project helped the Center for Youth and Family
Solutions in Lincoln. The agency serves 25 families and 100 children
in Logan and Mason counties.
The center has two family visitation rooms that get heavy use and
were in need of updating. Using all-volunteer labor and donations,
both rooms were completely remade in six days.
Lisa Kuhlman, with help from her three of her teens -- Grace,
Andrea and Sophie -- worked closely coordinating crews. Gena
MonicalRul also helped coordinate the efforts of about 25 volunteers
from junior high to senior citizen in age.
Dawn Crowell, who volunteered, said that a lot of help also came
from the CYFS social workers. "They have a heart for foster care,"
she said. They gave of their time and money to help with the
project.
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Groups worked in stages beginning April 20 by emptying rooms and
tearing out carpet. Then paint went on the walls, and new carpet and
baseboards were installed. Crews worked in other locations to clean
and organize toys and other items. A new table and bookshelves were
built. Also new in the rooms were artwork, TV, DVD players and two
Wii consoles that were donated.
Domino's Pizza generously fed the volunteers each night.
It is a very important time when parents and children are
reunited. The primary aim of the work was to make families
comfortable in a healthy environment.
Coming down to the project's deadline on April 25, everything was
clean, fresh-looking and color-coordinated to a pleasing palette,
right down to the lampshades. The rooms were ready for families to
enjoy together.
[By JAN YOUNGQUIST]
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