Retired Ottawa teacher uses her sewing machine to support food banks

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A retired Ottawa school teacher is raising money to support local food banks by selling handmade crafts.

Concerned about kids going hungry, she took to her sewing machine and crafted a solution by raising money for various food banks."I taught at a number of different schools, some in very challenging economic areas. You see so many things, you see families doing absolutely their best to survive, and I see that more and more,” she tells CTV News Ottawa."Loving teaching as I did, I wanted my students to have all of the advantages and I still do - and food is a big one.

"I taught children who were hungry, but I never taught them much because hungry kids - they can’t process what they’re hearing, they can’t absorb it, they can’t learn. And so, I decided that perhaps I could help the food banks, and put my hobby to good use," Dickson says. Dickson says she’s raised approximately $10,000 so far, which, when combined with the buying power food banks have, ends up being far more.

 

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