Church's handmade creations to go to Akron Children's patients

BOARDMAN

A certain number of youngsters at Akron Children’s Hospital won’t have to wait for the holidays before receiving cards containing plenty of good cheer and well wishes.

“I keep looking for ways to make it more of a ministry,” Sharyn Fees said. “One morning I thought, ‘What could we do to reach out to some group in the community?’”

Fees was referring to one of her card-making group’s main ambitions, as well as the decision to make get-well cards for patients at the hospital — something she and others took part in Saturday at St. James Episcopal Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave.

The five-hour effort was part of Saturday’s World Card Making Day.

Fees, a St. James member who teaches such techniques, said she initially cut the raw material for the cards. Before adding their signatures, participants stamped, then embossed them with a hand-held machine that transfers patterns from small, rectangular folders to the cardstock, she explained.

On Saturday, more than 20 were created, most with butterfly, flower or other cheerful designs.

Read more about the project in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.