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Photo courtesy of Heather Ball
The volunteers of 'Hats and Mats' project hosted at Berea Lutheran Church in Goderich, who gather every
Monday evening.
(Left to right): Dennis Schmidt (President of the
Goderich Legion), Heather Ball (Project coordinator
for the Berea Lutheran 'Hats and Mats' Project), and
John MacDonald (First -Vice President of the Goderich
Legion) stand with the donated knitted hats, mittens
and sleeping mats.
'Hats and
Knitted hats and
woven sleeping
mats to be
distributed to the
homeless Veterans
in Ontario
Kathleen Smith
Goderich Signal Star
In its' fourth year of the pro-
gram, the 'Hats and Mats' project
at the Berea Lutheran Church
donated, for the second time, to
the homeless Veterans in Ontario.
"We are very honoured to be
donating to our local Veterans,"
explained Heather Ball, the Pro-
ject Coordinator for the project.
The project is successful due to
the volunteers in the community
. - some attend weekly Monday
evening meetings at the Lutheran
Church in Goderich, where knit-
ting hats and mittens and weaving
the sleeping mats takes place.
Others ways that people in the
community have volunteered
have been through donating
yarn to the cause, donating plas-
tic milk bags to the cause or
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Photos by Kathleen Smith/Goderich Signal Star
'Hats and Mats' volunteer group donated 35 sleeping
mats, 75 knitted hats, 65 pairs of knitted mitts, 14 sets
of attached hats and mitts, 18 scarves and 41 pairs of
socks. All donations to the Goderich Legion are to be
distributed to the homeless Veterans in Ontario.
ats' Donation
donating homemade knitted
hats, mitts or scarves.
"Anyone in the community is
doing the knitting. It's other peo-
ple too, not just our group. They
show up and offer knitted mitts
for the donation," explained Ball.
"It is truly a community project
that is happening here."
According to Ball, its takes
over 130 milk bags and six hours
to make one sleeping mat.
The recycled milk bags are cut
into strips, looped together and
then woven into a sleeping mat.
These unique mats made of
recycled plastic also have an
aspect of being waterproof for
the homeless Veterans who
receive these donations.
"On behalf of Branch 109 and
the Ontario Command, I would
like to thank you and your group
for presenting us with that dona-
tion. I know it will be put to good
use throughout the province of
Ontario," said Dennis Schmidt,
President of the Goderich Legion.
Schmidt will soon take this
particular donation from the
'Hats and Mats' program to the
Provincial Command in Aurora.
The donated hats, mittens,
sleeping mats and scarves will
then be distributed to the home-
less Veterans in Ontario.
The program also donates to the
Unity Project in London, which is a
homeless centre that regularly sees
approximately 50 male and
females spend the night.
In addition, the 'Hats and
Mats' volunteer group is also
responsible for leaving hats the
past two winters, on posts
around Courthouse Square and
the restaurants, for the homeless
to take and use during the cold
months.
"When I started this Monday
night project when I retired after
30 years of teaching, I needed a
purpose. Feeling that part of my
purpose is to help others, now
other people have taken this
purpose to their heart as well,"
explained Ball. "Others are pro-
ducing out of the generosity of
their heart, to give to those who
are less fortunate than
ourselves."
If interested in getting
involved, volunteering, helping
with the program or donating to
such a cause, contact Heather
Ball at 519 - 524 - 7876.