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The Sewcase program is currently in 15 schools. Janome Canada donates 60 sewing machines a year to this project. Personal donations of fabric, thread, sewing equipment such as needles, measuring tapes, scissors etc. are accepted once a year at donation sites in Ontario, but monetary donations are always accepted. The program is run for students in grades 4 to 12 and is age appropriately taught. Janome has also constructed a virtual platform that allows educators/ students access to expanding their skills. The majority of these communities are fly-in or ice road access only. In the far north, a community may only see one shipment of goods per year. One sewing program costs approximately $10-15,000.00 to supply and ship.
The Art For Aid Project was developed by Indigenous artist Colleen Gray to collect new and gently used art supplies for remote Indigenous schools and communities across Canada.
The goals are: To connect Indigenous youth to art, through access to quality art tools;
To support educators in providing art exploration for youth in remote communities in Canada.
Graphics courtesy of https://soaringcircle.ca/