Hooks for Hope is a new club this year that was started by Avery Burns and Grace Heller (11). Every other week this club meets in the art room to crochet homeless mats out of plastic bags. Grace reached out to Burns and got her into the idea of starting a crochet club.

         Burns has always loved making art, and she is also president of Coloring the Community. She wanted to bring an aspect of service into Hooks for Hope.

          “I hope to bring art into the community while benefiting our society and providing hope to the younger generation,” Burns said. 

          Every weekend, Burns spends hours making plarn, handmade yarn from plastic bags, and she describes that work as “very tedious.” It can take her over five hours to make one roll of plarn.

          On Wednesdays every other week, members of the club come together to crochet Burns plarn into homeless mats. This club has brought the members closer together, and it gives them a creative way to do something good.

          “It’s really enjoyable being part of such a tightly knit community,” club member Maddie Mitchell (12) said. “ It makes the members feel good knowing that what they are making will help someone.”

          This club has made a lot of progress with their homeless mats, and they have to have a couple finished by the end of the school year.