You can help!

The 2026 Community Service project is getting underway! Kits will be available to pick up at the Christmas party, December 7th! Hope you are joining us there.
Follow this link for the “Book Buddy Tote” pattern

The Guild has selected to support the Judy Center of Harford County again this year. The Judy Center will be focusing on a new school this year. Below are some details about the center. The Judy Center requested 80 tote baskets (pattern attached). They will fill the baskets focusing
on preparing children for school.

If you can volunteer to weave a basket or two, please either see Louise at the meeting or contact Louise at 410-937-3983 or louisebeyer@comcast.net to sign out the basket kits.

We would like to have all of the finished baskets back by the March 1, 2026 Meeting. Fran Haslup and Sharon Hoffman will be collecting the finished baskets and delivering them to the Judy Center.

A little about the Judy Center of Harford County:

The Judith P. Hoyer Center Early Learning Hubs, also known as “Judy Centers,” benefit everyone in Maryland by improving the quality of life for families. Through a dedicated staff of early learning professionals, they help prepare children age birth through kindergarten for school readiness. Located at Title I schools in every Maryland county, Judy Centers play an important role in the communities they serve. Judy Center Early Learning Hubs prepare children for success in school and life. By connecting families with high-quality, comprehensive,
full-day, full-year early education services, the Judy Centers promote school readiness for children ages birth through five. Utilizing a multigenerational approach for families and children, and providing professional development for early childhood educators, Judy Centers
help to support all of the adults in a child’s early years. Judy Centers provide the physical health, mental health, academic, and other types of support needed to thrive for many Maryland children and families. As of FY2022, Maryland is home to 69 Judy Center sites
throughout the state, serving children and families in every local school system.

As the early education coordinator for Prince George’s County Public Schools, Judith P. Hoyer lamented the gaps in available services for low-income families. In the 1990s, she created a central location in Adelphi, Maryland, for vital early childhood services, thus fostering
cooperation of governmental and private agencies around the needs of local families. After her untimely death in 1997, her husband, Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD), partnered with then-Governor Parris N. Glendening and led a successful movement to bring her collaboration
model to other areas of Maryland. As a result, the Maryland State Legislature enacted the Judith P. Hoyer Early Child Care and Education Enhancement Program in May 2000.