Columbia River Sewing | Portland Oregon Chapter

Painted Turtle Pillow
ASG Community Service project that benefits the Painted Turtle Camp.

Community Service

Community Service is providing both a sewing education for the community and offering sewing items to give to organizations who need assistance. There is always a need for more member involvement in coordinating and/or participating in community service projects. Columbia River Sewing covers a large metropolitan area, which means we can enhance the community in many ways. Please feel free to contact Community Service if you have community service ideas or would like to participate in a community service project. Volunteering your time means you get to choose how much time you can give to our group, and if life changes your availability, it’s all very flexible— there are no signed contracts or commitments! Projects can be taken on by individuals, or as a neighborhood group.

Some of the Columbia River Sewing community service projects include:

Sewing workshops at the public library—holiday gift sewing, making pillows
Park Rose High School weekly sewing group
Sewing with the Girl Scouts
Teaching how to make a ballet skirt in a local dance studio
Leading a reusable sewn grocery bag with a local food co-op
Helping with prom gown alterations with Operation Fairy Godmother
Making “dump bags” for the military
Helping with Christmas decorations for the Pittock Mansion
Making quilts for the Vernonia flood victims
Making dialysis neck pillows for a local dialysis center
Sewing anti-ouch pouches for breast cancer patients
Making scarves out of Oregon Ballet Theatre costume remnants
Mending clothing for a healthcare facility
Making play smocks for a local daycare center

While this list is by no means comprehensive, it does give an idea of the range of ways we can contribute sewing and spread the love of sewing in our community.