A dozen woman gather every week at E-Town Sewing Studio to help others. The dresses they sew are woven with the power to save children from human trafficking. Armed with ordinary needles and thread, ...

Six years ago, Renita Yahara was given several large boxes of material from a friend. Yahara, of Elizabethtown, started searching online for a way to use the material that would help others. That’s ...

"The classes are to support women who feel trapped or have faced trauma," said da Cunha, who emigrated from Brazil to Cape ...

Sharon Meehan used to teach in an inner-city school. She noticed that a girl at her school was teased about her clothing, which revealed her low-income status. So when the girl was named student of ...

The whir of sewing machines and the snipping of scissors through fabric are sounds heard in Lancaster County that are changing young girls’ lives on the other side of the world. More than 4,000 miles ...

On a recent sunny Saturday, about 26 women gathered to sew dresses for the Dress a Girl Around the World project, which is part of Hope 4 Women International. This organization, founded in 2006, has a ...

KEARNEY — After 15 years, Darleen Schulte’s prayers were answered. For proof, she gazed happily at the colorful cotton dresses that hung on a clothesline at Prince of Peace Catholic Church this month.

Holly Scheff of Orange Park has been named the ambassador of Dress a Girl Around the World — Jacksonville by The Dress a Girl Around the World International Organization. Dress A Girl Around the World ...

JENNINGS, Lousiana — In 1993, a small group of women from Jennings Church of Christ came together to sew quilts and curtains for a children’s home in Indiana. Twenty-five years and dozens of quilts ...

My wife is agabachaand she frequently asks me why hefty, older Mexican women seem to wear crudely sewn printed bed sheets for dresses. Having slept with a plain blanket next to my brother and visiting ...

The atmosphere in Building No. 2 of Brookside Senior Apartments on Friday is warm and joyful despite the chilly weather. Eight people gather at the Davenport apartment complex each week with the ...