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VALLEY STITCHERS AND FIBER ARTISTS GUILD: BOYS TEAM CHARITY, ALAMO-DANVILLE By Fran Miller SHARING SKILLS, CREATING FRIENDSHIPS
By Jody Morgan
Valley Stitchers and Fiber Artists Guild (VSG) remains as flexible as the fibers that form the many types of textile-related creations they craft. VSG welcomes anyone interested in sharing skills, learning from others, and fostering appreciation of both practical and purely aesthetic pieces produced by needles plied with ingenuity. Turning COVID-19 restrictions on in-person gatherings into innovative opportunities, VSG invites members to enjoy informative monthly online programs, participate in fun challenges, and admire one another’s distinctive designs. On October 1, 1967, the Oakland Tribune announced: “New Stitchers Guild to Meet.” The following day women from Evolution of the VSG logo reflects the Guild's ability to stay across the Diablo Area in step with changing times. Image courtesy of VSG. gathered in Pleasant Hill for the initial meeting of VSG. Established as an outgrowth of a class given by Vesta Vetter at the Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center along with ladies studying with Vendla Wilkins at the Acalanes Adult Education Center, the group invited others interested in fostering the art and craft of stitchery to join them. The original charter expresses the intention of setting up “a program which will create and promote a continuous learning situation.” Monthly general meetings with speakers, workshops, auxiliary interest groups, and dissemination of information on sources of supplies, exhibits, and lectures as outlined in the founding charter are all part of VSG’s ongoing mission. No limits are placed on what needlework arts may be included. Sub-groups form and disband as fashions and enthusiasms evolve. Vesta, a weaver, worked artistically in fiber. Vendla’s expertise was in embroidery and surface embellishment. Over the A hint of trendy “Word Salad” years, VSG members have explored every technique figures in VSG's 2018 banner. that caught their fancy, including macrame, dyeing, Image courtesy of VSG. fabric painting, batik, soft sculpture, basketry, plaiting, off-loom weaving, knotless netting, Seminole quilting, felting, fabric photo transfer, machine and hand embroidery, tie-dye, button-making, clothing embellishment, folk-art clothing, bead work, knitting, crochet, and doll-making. VSG encourages pursuit of any form of fiber art a member wants to study, practice, or teach.
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Both nationally and locally, National Charity League has long provided a philanthropic outlet for its mother/ daughter duos, providing girls in grades 7 through btc members donate their time to the Nephrotic Syndrome 12 the opportuni- organization. ty to serve a greater community good. It took a while for the boys to catch up, but now they have a similar organization to call their own, boys team charity. The boys team charity, Alamo-Danville league was established in 2016 by two moms involved with the National Charity League who felt they needed a similar experience for their middle-school-aged sons. None existed, so they
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CURBSIDE MEALS FOR SENIORS
The Danville Senior Center is working with Contra Costa County CC Cafe to offer a curbside frozen meal program for seniors. Any senior over 60 years old can participate, no residency or other qualifications are required. Five frozen and two refrigerated meals are available weekly. Menu items rotate and can be heated in an oven or microwave. Each participant must fill out a NAPIS (County intake) form with some basic demographic information. Pickups will take place weekly on Fridays between 10:30AM and 11AM at the Danville Senior Center, located at 115 E. Prospect Ave. The suggested donation is $3/meal or $21/week. For more information, or to participate, call 925-314-3430 or email seniors@danville.ca.gov.
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