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PUYALLUP, Wash. — To celebrate the recent 158th anniversary of Relief Society, some 120 women of the Puyallup Washington Stake gathered March 18 for seven service projects to benefit local as well as African and Central American communities.
One of the projects involved more than 30 women crocheting bandages for leprosy patients. These will be distributed through LDS Humanitarian Services. Another project will provide school supplies for students in various African communities. Some of the supplies were donated, while others, including chalkboards and carrying bags, were made by a group of 16- to 17-year-old young women of the stake.
A third project making receiving blankets and small towels will benefit new mothers and their babies in Guatemala. More than 25 sewing machines and sergers hummed away binding these items, while others assembled and sealed the items into plastic storage bags.
