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Getting creative, chatty at crafternoon club
◆ FRIENDLY FACES: Hazel Vaughan (back, third from left) was joined by 15 women at her inaugural crafternoon club session last Saturday. PHOTOS: Hazel Vaughan
IT’S time to unleash your inner artist as Hazel Vaughan, founder and facilitator of Young Women with Purpose, launches her monthly crafternoon club in Wangaratta. Women in their 20s and 30s are invited to bring along a neglected craft project and meet new people in the region. “Originally, I was going to do it at my home because I figured there’d only be around 10 people, and now I’ve got almost 220 in the group,” Hazel laughed. The idea for her club came about through
sports aren’t going to find their people in a place that’s not really their vibe.” By GRACE FREDSBERG Hazel is hoping that by creating a social and creative-orientated space, she can conversations with many other women her help to bridge the gap for regional women age, who agreed making lasting friendships in their 20s and 30s who are wanting to can be tricky, especially when sport isn’t an make friends. “In the city, there’s so many different area of interest. “I think that’s always the number one events and things available and in the suggestion on how to make friends – it’s to country, it can just feel so isolating,” she said. join a sports team,” she said. Hazel also acknowledged how daunting “But the people who aren’t interested in
it can be to sign up to social groups. “I think a big thing is people often feel nervous to go to events alone, and that’s kind of the whole point of this,” she said. “You don’t have to go with a friend because this is where you can make those friends.” While the group is predominately for women in their 20s and 30s with a crafty side, Hazel wants to foster an inclusive environment for anyone in the region. ■ Continued Page 6
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