Bikes for the World Sewing Machine Roundup

Submitted By: Amy Loar, Holy Trinity Member

Amy Loar has been a long-time supporter of Bikes for the World, a nonprofit that provides bicycles and other useful tools to low-income families in developing countries. During COVID-19, sewing machines have risen in demand from the need for protective face masks. When Bikes for the World put out a call for sewing machines, Amy reached out to her quilting group and came up with six of them to send overseas (after repair by her husband Phil). With the help of those like Amy and Phil, Bikes for the World has donated nearly 800 sewing machines to half a dozen partner programs around the world. Most of them go to small entrepreneurs in Costa Rica who use them to grow and improve their community businesses.

In addition to gathering these machines and making masks for others, Amy recently donated a large tub of material to Nothing in Between nail bar and spa  where the owner (HT member Jade Russo) and her team have made and donated over 300 masks to a local healthcare facility.

Read more about Amy’s contribution and the sewing machine project. And when it’s time to say goodbye to your old sewing machine, consider donating it to Bikes for the World!