Around Suffield: United Church of Christ is making a difference with the Magic Yarn Project

From left to right: Kris Titko, Kathy Kreiner, Sharon Strain, Nancy Wise, Shirley King, Betty Bryant, Iris Shreve, Cindy Zanin, Karen Lemmon, Betty McFarland, and not shown is Sandy Evangelist.

Around Suffield: United Church of Christ is making a difference with the Magic Yarn Project

Watching “The Magic Yarn Project” on the news was a quick reminder of how Suffield’s United Church of Christ is contributing to the project in a big way.

The Magic Yarn Project creates whimsical wigs and beanies for children battling cancer and other hair-loss issues. Because chemotherapy treatments often leave a child’s skin too sensitive to wear traditional wigs, the project makes the wigs and beanies with soft acrylic yarns and embellishes them with gems, beads, ribbons, silk flowers, and crocheted starfish and snowflakes.

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