Beading Buddies

By Carol Hirsch

For more than 10 years the Beading Buddies project has provided beaded necklaces for children to give as gifts for special holidays. This is a joint project of Temple Shalom and Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.

Necklaces made through Temple Shalom are given to children at the Guadalupe Center to give on Mother’s Day. Thanks to the hard work of a great team of beaders, we provided 720 necklaces this year.

Necklaces made through Federation are given as part of the “Shop with a Sheriff” event at Christmas.

All are welcome to attend our beading sessions. Sessions are scheduled at the Nina Iser Center (4720 Pine Ridge Rd.) from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on these days:

Wednesday, Sept. 10

Thursday, Oct. 23

Thursday, Nov. 13

Tuesday, Dec. 9 and 16

Wednesday, Jan. 14

Thursday, Feb. 5

Tuesday, Feb. 24

Wednesday, Mar. 11 and 18

Wednesday, April 22

Thursday, May 7

Beading sessions are free if you have your own supplies. If not, a donation is requested so that more supplies can be purchased.

For more information, contact me at chirsch1951@gmail.com.