Caring Bags

The social action project is to make 50 simple, draw-string back-pack style bags. We will be putting toiletries in each bag, like toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, shavers and other supplies (socks) for self-care. These bags will be given to Siloam Mission for them to distribute to the homeless people in Winnipeg. I will also make a video of my experience and the process of my project.

Update (January 31, 2017)

Our project ended up turning out differently than the way we planned it. We ended up collaborating with the Met School Justice League (our school's social justice club) and another student in grade 11 that was also doing a project like mine. She was planning on sewing 50 scarves and giving them to a reserve and Siloam Mission.

We ended up putting the projects into a group project. I was in charge of sewing 50 bags, the grade 11 student was in charge of knitting and providing scarves. The social justice league was in charge of getting donations and organizing the project.

Many items were donated for our project, including the fabric for the bags and some toiletries. With our grant money we bought any other supplies that were still needed or lacking and started sorting them into our hand sewn backpacks. We decided to make male and female supplies in different bags. We put things such as tooth brushes, deodorant, tooth paste, scarves, snacks and other supplies inside the backpacks. For the male care packages there were shavers, and in the female care packages we put feminine products.

In the end all 50 backpacks, scarves and the toiletries were ready, we handed them out to people experiencing homelessness on the street and to Siloam Mission.