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13 people are interested
Sew Tote Bags for Community! Take-Home Craft-with-a- Cause
ORGANIZATION: Clever Octopus Creative Reuse Center
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13 people are interested
Hundreds of thousands of our SLC community members face the burdens and violence of poverty and houselessness with limited access to basic resources. Join Clever Octopus in meeting a call for multi-purpose water protective TOTE BAGS and help make them with a take-home kit featuring our quality scrap material donated by textile businesses! We will donate all completed bags to our partners at the IRC, Just Media, and Mutual Aid SLC who serve and support resettled refugees and those experiencing homelessness in Salt Lake City, Utah.
What: Each take-home kit includes instructions with pictures, pre-cut fabric, spools of thread to craft 10 tote bags with an arm strap. Depending on skill level, each bag may take between 15 minutes to one hour! Total Kit time length: between 3-10 hours.
Who: We seek craft-savvy folks of any sewing skill level to join!
When : This is an evergreen project with no fixed deadline until we consume all our nylon fabric material! This initiative is part of our Craft-with-a-Cause , a program to support our community utilizing our reclaimed materials.
Where: This is a take-home kit that you can pick up from the Clever Octopus Creative Reuse Center located at 2250 South West Temple, SLC Utah 84115 complete at your leisure and where you live
Equipment Requirements: Participants must have access to a Sewing Machine and scissors. If needing a machine, we have several machines available for you to use on-site!
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About Clever Octopus Creative Reuse Center
Location:
2250 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84115, US
Mission Statement
Clever Octopus Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering creativity and environmental awareness through art, science, technology, engineering, and math. Our multitentacled approach includes the Clever Octopus Creative Reuse Center and the Octopod mobile outreach vehicle.
Description
The Clever Octopus Creative Reuse Center is a retail shop for high-quality art materials and industrial offcuts donated to us by local businesses, companies, industries, labs, and the public. We leverage the value of resources originally fated for the landfill and donate or resell these materials at affordable prices back to the community to creatively reimagine the purpose and value of these goods. In addition to offering a warehouse wonderland, we also design curricula and hands-on kits through our youth and adult education services featuring reclaimed craft supplies from our shop.
The Octopod mobile outreach vehicle is a fully equipped mobile classroom, stocked with a plethora of materials for creative exploration and staffed by Clever Octopus’ artists. The Octopod will host classes throughout the Salt Lake Valley and beyond when it visits schools, adult care facilities, residential treatment centers, community outreach programs, community festivals, and private events.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2250 South West TempleSalt Lake City, UT 84115
DATE POSTED
September 30, 2021
SKILLS
- Sewing
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Depending on skill level, each bag may take between 15 min to one- hour. Total Kit time length: between 3-10 hours.
- Sewing Machine, Small ruler or sewing gauge and Scissors