It took an organizer and a teacher to get the ball rolling at the Commons at Union Ranch that resulted in a two month effort to crochet 250 hats for the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Tennessee, U.C. Davis Hospital in Sacramento, and the Ronald McDonald House.
Ruth Zucchi said she was tired of only participating in scheduled activities and wanted to do something that would make a difference for children suffering from cancer. She recruited six other women at the senior facility on Union Road and they went to work in earnest.
Zucchi said she hadn’t crocheted during her life – didn’t have a clue – but Annette Sanders came forward and taught her the skill along with a couple of other women in the group to kick off the project.
Commons’ staffer Kristin Revives used her lunch break to join in the effort saying it gave her a special connection to the hat-making team and learned it was a lot of fun in the process.
“I am more involved with the residents and more in-depth with them,” she said.
The other women included Irene Schon, Odessa Fasano, Luva` Araya and Sheila Brooks.
Annette Sanders said she learned her craft from her mother-in-law as a young woman living in the Southern California community of Pico Rivera. She later moved to Northern California working for 30 years in customer service for World Savings.
She said her first effort in crocheting was with pillow case edging.
“I learned to crochet with thread, not yarn,” she chuckled.
The hat program has obviously brought the women closer together, not knowing each other before moving into the Commons at Union Ranch. They are now a team working to make a difference.
Commons staffer Helen Lopez lauded the women for their many hours spent working on the hats in the facility’s upstairs library.
Ruth Zucchi said she was tired of only participating in scheduled activities and wanted to do something that would make a difference for children suffering from cancer. She recruited six other women at the senior facility on Union Road and they went to work in earnest.
Zucchi said she hadn’t crocheted during her life – didn’t have a clue – but Annette Sanders came forward and taught her the skill along with a couple of other women in the group to kick off the project.
Commons’ staffer Kristin Revives used her lunch break to join in the effort saying it gave her a special connection to the hat-making team and learned it was a lot of fun in the process.
“I am more involved with the residents and more in-depth with them,” she said.
The other women included Irene Schon, Odessa Fasano, Luva` Araya and Sheila Brooks.
Annette Sanders said she learned her craft from her mother-in-law as a young woman living in the Southern California community of Pico Rivera. She later moved to Northern California working for 30 years in customer service for World Savings.
She said her first effort in crocheting was with pillow case edging.
“I learned to crochet with thread, not yarn,” she chuckled.
The hat program has obviously brought the women closer together, not knowing each other before moving into the Commons at Union Ranch. They are now a team working to make a difference.
Commons staffer Helen Lopez lauded the women for their many hours spent working on the hats in the facility’s upstairs library.
