When was the last time your local fabric store donated any fabric to you? After practiced begging and pleading in front of your bathroom mirror for that perfect line and doe eyed look, most outlets would soon put a price tag on a seemingly useless ¼ yard scrap than give them away to a striving designer or seamstress for free. But low and behold, miracles do happen. At least for some of us.
Recently, one of South Jersey’s oldest and most recognized fabric stores, became the answered prayer for a local woman with an ailing son. This spring, Cindy Kerr received over $1000 worth of assorted novelty cotton fabrics from J&O Fabrics of Pennsauken in an effort to help make her son Ryan more comfortable during his chemotherapy treatments. Cindy has a non-profit company called ConKerr Cancer and with the beautiful selection of materials, she was able to continue creating fun and colorful pillowcases for not only her son, but for other young patients at various local hospitals battling Cancer as well. With the help of J&O and various community groups, over 18,000 pillow cases have been made and donated to these children in an effort to bring some smiles to an otherwise cloudy day. From Sponge Bob to Scooby Doo, from race cars to kitty cat prints, there is a pillow case to tickle every child’s fancy both young and old. Even teens have their selection of pin up girls, retro designs and popular skull prints to choose from to make their stay a little more pleasant.
Every once and awhile the generosity of people will surprise us. And every now and again, it shows up in bags of heaven sent material, sprinkled with love , forming the fabric of life. To see some of the wonderful fabric Cindy crafted for the local hospitals, watch cable channel CN8 Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.
To find out more about ConKerr Cancer click here!
To find out more about J&O Fabrics click here!
To see our selection of novelty cotton click here!
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Wow! This is amazing news. Think of all the smiles that will come from your generosity. Thank you from all of us involved in ConKerr Cancer and all the children that will benefit from the fabric donated.
Your friends at ConKerr Cancer Toronto, Canada
Thank you for supporting ConKerrCancer, a Case for Smiles and for ALL of the children you are givinga smile to
You are truly special
A BIG thank you to J&O; Fabrics for such a wonderful donation! I am a new ConKerr volunteer and will be working with students at a design school in Philadelphia to sew pillowcases later this month! Your donation will allow our students to volunteer and help brighten the faces of many amazing kids!
Thank you so much for donating fabric to ConKerr Cancer. Your generosity has touched the hearts of all of us who are coordinators for this wonderful organization. It is such a joyful experience to be part of ConKerr Cancer and to see the children smile as they receive their pillowcase is awesome!
From all of us serving Shands in FL
Thank you for supporting ConKerr Cancer. Your generous donation will bring smiles to so many children and parents. Thank you for caring.
Beautiful action !