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Sacred Heart Elementary School sixth grades Abigail Corrigan and Alexandra Wanas decided to turn a fun craft project into a way to help others this past Lenten season.
Inspired by a friend, Abigail became interested in creating small, useful items from duct tape. She quickly discovered that there are many websites on the internet with step-by-step patterns for making jewelry, wallets, hair accessories, and other unique objects to use and wear. She made a pencil case and hair bow for herself, and took them to school to show her friends.
The brightly-colored, geometrically patterned items were a hit with Abigail's classmates, and soon the other sixth-grade students began requesting wallets, bracelets, and neckties of their own. Abigail recruited her friend Alexandra to help her keep up with the ever increasing orders as students from other grades spotted the duct tape accessories and wanted some for themselves.
With so many orders pouring in, the girls decided to charge a small fee for their creations, and after Easter donate the profits to St. Joseph's Center in Scranton. A combination of the girls' nicknames (Abby and Ally) gave the temporary business its name: Ably's Duct Tape Accessory Boutique. An order form, price list, and sample products helped Ably's customers decide what to order. The most popular items proved to be wallets and flower pencil toppers, and soon many students and even a few teachers were sporting colorful duct tape accessories.
When Lent was over and the money was counted, Abigail and Alexandra discovered that they had raised $167.
Abigail stated, "We had fun doing this, and we felt that charging a small price and donating what we made to St. Joseph's Center was a good way to make Lent more special this year." Alexandra added, "We learned in our religion class that it's important to make giving a part of Lent, so we decided that we would donate the money we made to a good cause. We hope that our ‘Ably's’ donation will make a difference, even if it's a small one.”
Sacred Heart Elementary School sixth grades Abigail Corrigan and Alexandra Wanas decided to turn a fun craft project into a way to help others this past Lenten season.
Inspired by a friend, Abigail became interested in creating small, useful items from duct tape. She quickly discovered that there are many websites on the internet with step-by-step patterns for making jewelry, wallets, hair accessories, and other unique objects to use and wear. She made a pencil case and hair bow for herself, and took them to school to show her friends.
The brightly-colored, geometrically patterned items were a hit with Abigail's classmates, and soon the other sixth-grade students began requesting wallets, bracelets, and neckties of their own. Abigail recruited her friend Alexandra to help her keep up with the ever increasing orders as students from other grades spotted the duct tape accessories and wanted some for themselves.
With so many orders pouring in, the girls decided to charge a small fee for their creations, and after Easter donate the profits to St. Joseph's Center in Scranton. A combination of the girls' nicknames (Abby and Ally) gave the temporary business its name: Ably's Duct Tape Accessory Boutique. An order form, price list, and sample products helped Ably's customers decide what to order. The most popular items proved to be wallets and flower pencil toppers, and soon many students and even a few teachers were sporting colorful duct tape accessories.
When Lent was over and the money was counted, Abigail and Alexandra discovered that they had raised $167.
Abigail stated, "We had fun doing this, and we felt that charging a small price and donating what we made to St. Joseph's Center was a good way to make Lent more special this year." Alexandra added, "We learned in our religion class that it's important to make giving a part of Lent, so we decided that we would donate the money we made to a good cause. We hope that our ‘Ably's’ donation will make a difference, even if it's a small one.”
