"Threads of Love" Haiti Pillowcase Dress Project - 5,167 Dresses Donated - Oct. 2011
"People understand suffering and want to help. "Threads of Love" gave everyday people the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than themselves." - Lila Womack
Mission: To provide pillowcase dresses for the orphans and poverty-stricken girls in Haiti.
Goal: To involve the community in making 5,000 pillowcase dresses to donate to the Haiti Care Mission.
"Threads of Love" was an inter-generational global initiative that solicited new pillowcase donations and seamstresses from across Georgia and six other states, including Washington, DC. As a result of Lila's hard work, dedication and leadership, within a four-month period, seamstresses, individuals and organizations contributed thousands of pillowcases to the “Threads of Love” project. In fact, 5,167 new pillowcase dresses were shipped to the Haiti Care Mission.
Lila's Post Project Statement: "People understand suffering and want to help. "Threads of Love" gave everyday people the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than themselves."
Newspaper Recognitions
• Atlanta Voice
• Cascade Patch
• Atlanta Journal Constitution
• First Congregational Church
• Ebenezer Baptist Church
• Inside Fulton (Employee Newsletter)
• Kaiser Permanente - Inside KP - Georgia Newsletter
• Haiti Care Mission (2011 summer and winter newsletters)
• Fulton County News Release
Television Appearances
• 11-Alive – “Threads of Love” broadcast – September 2011
• 11-Alive – “Hero Central” – October 2011
• Fulton County Board of Commissioner’s meeting -
October 2011
•"The District" FGTV hosted by Commissioner Joan P. Garner - October 2011
• 11-Alive - Rachel’s Challenge – Celebration of Kindness
and Service, November 11, 2011
Proclamation bestowed by Fulton County Board of Commissioners
• Helene S. Mills Senior Multipurpose Facility – “Threads of
Love Supporters and Facility Staff Day”
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Haitian Girls in Our Dresses