Jeannie Hayward
Members of the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene (OVCN) Dress a Girl Around the World mission are hosting a Sew-a-Thon to make dresses to be delivered on a mission trip in 2023. Over the past 10 years, OVCN’s Dress a Girl members have made 15,000 dresses, which have been delivered all around the world to little girls living in extreme poverty. The bright and cheerful fabrics used turn into beautiful new dresses for little girls. Many of these girls have only rags to wear, and this is the first new dress they have received in their lifetime. Dress a Girl believes having a new dress helps to protect these little girls from would-be predators, showing this little girl is being cared for.
Sandra Moore, director of the OVCN Dress a Girl group, stated, “The event this year is our fourth Sew-a-Thon for the Dress a Girl mission. Our Dress a Girl members, plus the extended community, will be working together at this one-day event to make dresses to be delivered on 2023 mission trips. Participants in the previous Sew-a-Thons have stated they enjoyed their time at the event and felt they were helping with a worthy cause much bigger than themselves. Our goal is to allow others within the community to be a part of this worthwhile mission and to experience the joy of making a positive difference in the little girls’ lives.”
The Dress a Girl Sew-a-Thon will be on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene at 500 W. Calle Concordia. To participate in the event, registration needs to occur prior to Oct. 27 at ovcn.church/missions (scroll down to the bottom). All fabric and other accessories for the dresses will be supplied. Sewers need to bring their own sewing machines, basic sewing supplies, and their talent! If you are a basic sewer, you will be able to sew these dresses. We also have some positions available for non-sewers! Come join us!