Students in Maidstone are working toward a brighter, more colourful world, one pillowcase at a time.
Cassie Seguin and Sydney Franks are part of the Northwest School Division's Leadership Academy program. Students selected from the various schools meet at the same time as the principals, honing leadership skills.
Students involved in the program are committed to participation for two years and must complete two projects during the time frame in order to earn a high school credit.
Seguin and Franks are working on their community project with hopes to brighten the lives of children in hospitals. They have begun work on Pillowcases for Pediatrics. making brightly coloured cases for children from four to 16 years of age in the hospital in Maidstone and the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.
"We wanted to do something to brighten their day, to give them something that will be theirs in the room, something to look at not just a plain, white, depressing pillowcase," said Seguin.
Students in the school's book club spent a meeting making the pillowcases and preparations are being made for a work bee June 29 in the high school's home economics lab. Students are invited to sign up to make the pillowcases using a simple pattern.
Seguin and Franks are inviting the community to get involved by donating brightly coloured fabric or making and donating pillowcases using the pattern available by calling Maidstone High School.
It's a case of caring for kids a stitch at a time.
