Meldrum Bay and Silver Water residents gather bi-weekly to craft hygiene kits and quilts for international relief through the Mennonite Central Committee, fostering community spirit while helping those in emergency situations.
MELDRUM BAY鈥擶hile a large group of women on Western Manitoulin are involved in a project to help people dealing with emergencies in other parts of the world, making hygiene kits/bags and quilts a couple of times a week, provides the group with a sense of community and social interaction.
鈥淭he best part of the whole thing is that we get together as a large group鈥攁s a community,鈥 stated Peggy Morrison, one of the 30 or so women and men that have been making the kits and quilts for nine years. 鈥淚t provides a chance to get together. We make the kits and quilts here in Meldrum Bay (at the community hall). There are ladies here from Meldrum Bay, but we also get women and men from Silver Water taking part, along with summer guests. There is a sense of community, along with knowing that what we are doing is going to a very good cause.
鈥淓verything we are doing is going toward a great cause,鈥 said Diane Jones. 鈥淲orking together on this project is a good for everyone to get out and meet other people in the community. It is wonderful.鈥
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