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Sparta's Front Line Sewing Angels Launch Toy Drive
The group continues to provide masks to front line workers, and now want to provide toys for charity. You can help.
SPARTA, NJ - JoAnn Gregoli, a career social event planner, saw the need for hospital masks surge due to the encroaching COVID-19 and helped form Front Line Sewing Angels to fill the need. Now she is partnering with other local businesses for a charity toy drive on Sunday.
Held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Reclaim Lifestyle Boutique, 55 Sparta Avenue, the drive will feature:
- Baked goods; Dara Waitkus for every toy dropped off get a free cupcake
- Decor: Balloons n Beyond by Ewa
- Photography by: Jenna Winston who will capture images of you and your children
- Rentals: Fox Vale Events providing styled vignette
- Planner; Elegant Occaasios by JoAnn Gregoli
The aim is to drop off an unwrapped gift for NJ Battered Women Shelter and Toys for Tots.
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Those participating in the drive can also bring diapers and personal products for the battered women shelters to be distributed.
Masks are required to enter the store.
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And speaking of masks, the Sewing Angels, they are still going strong, gearing up to tackle the second wave of the pandemic and are looking for help.
"In an effort to help hospitals keep up with supply chain of masks, we are in need of
seamstresses and people who can sew," Gregoli told Patch. "We are also in the need of 1/8 flat elastic and fabric to make these masks."
The Front Line Sewing Angels are a grassroots group founded in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic to address the lack of personal protective equipment healthcare workers need to stay safe. The group provides masks and surgical caps to hospitals, medical centers, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, community centers, and women's shelters to address this critical need.
To contribute to the Sewing Angels' effort, please visit sewingangels.org, join the Facebook group, or donate to the GoFundMe campaign.
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