U.S.: “Project First Day” sews girls from Joplin a little emotional pick-me-up
- I wanted to make a lot of little girls feel like princesses on that first day of school.
- Susan Stewart, a teacher in Joplin, Missouri • Discussing her efforts to give young students an emotional boost. Students are back in school after Joplin was hit with devastating tornadoes and storms back in May. Stewart created “Project First Day,” which helped create over 1,400 new dresses for girls on their first day of school. Members of the project sewed from across the country to help out a devastated town. source