Reap What You Sew Generosity Project.
Syndicated from kindnessblog.com, Jun 09, 2015
The World is a mysterious, sometimes scary, place filled with vulnerable people capable of feeling immense pain. However, at the same time, it’s also full of love, caring and empathy which is spread by awesome, heart-warming people…
Awesome people like Michael Swaine.
In 2002, Swaine turned an old-fashioned ice cream cart into a mobile sewing table. Now he can be regularly found in San Francisco’s neediest neighborhood, the ‘Tenderloin’ , perched behind his vintage sewing machine, stitching patches onto worn jacket linings, hemming trousers, repairing tears in ladies’ blouses — all for free.
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His mending is not only about the clothes — it is about the community, friendship, conversation. the people in it, and his own needs to find comfort in a world that is so used to throwing things away.
Swaine, 34, a trained artist, calls it his “Reap What You Sew Generosity Project.”
On his cast-iron, treadle-operated machine — last patented in 1911 — Swaine tends to the neighborhood’s rips and seams. Most of his customers are low-income who live in long-term hotels that line the streets. He’ll sew for anyone who asks and occasionally even provides fashion advice! :)
Check out the video below…This article originally appeared in Kindness Blog, a sharing media featuring kindness in all its varied forms. This blog publishes images, videos, real-life-stories, personal reflections, quotes and other various media which all have one special thing in common...Kindness. The article is reprinted here with permission.
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On Jun 9, 2015 Carolyn1520 wrote:
This is truly wonderful. What a good soul. Sometimes people can't give a lot of money but they can make life easier for fellow humans by providing something they need in a small way. These small ways are huge to the people who need it.
On Jun 9, 2015 Kristin Pedemonti wrote:
Beautiful use of repurpose, finding purpose and serving others. Love love love!
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