Grannies gearing up for annual clothing sale

15 October 2018 at 19 h 06 min

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Grannies gearing up for annual clothing sale

Grannies Sylvie Smith, Heather Keith and Margaret Logan-White packing up after the October 2017 sale, which raised over $1,000. Since the group was formed in 2006, the Grannies have raised over $90,000 for the Steven Lewis Foundation, which provides care and support to women, orphans, grandmothers and people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa. (Photo : Matthew McCully)

By Emilie Hackett, Special to The Record – The Canadian Federation of University Women of Sherbrooke and District (CFUWSD) Grannies will be holding their annual vintage clothing and jewelry sale at the Amédée-Beaudoin Center in Lennoxville on Friday and Saturday, Oct.26 and 27. The sale is the group’s biggest fundraising event of the year, and all proceeds will go to African Grannies organizations. See full story in the Tuesday, October 16 edition of The Record.

The Grannies were rushing down Queen Street in October of 2016, transporting clothing racks from St. George's Church to the Amedee Beaudoin for the annual vintage clothing sale. The volunteers had tried to fit the racks into a car, but that was a no go, and there was no one around had a truck. "We don't mind, anything for the Grannies," they said, marching cheerily along.

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