GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members, Aniko Solomonson, Pat Serio and Mary Anne Lykins recently delivered a van full of hand-crocheted bedrolls, donated clothing, shoes and duffel bags for clients of “The Well”, which serves the area’s needy and homeless population in Tampa.
The Well is not a residence but serves a variety of other needs such as a food pantry, clothing closet, shower facilities, hot meals, socialization areas, an organic garden and an “in progress” fish farm.
Longtime clubwoman, Aniko Solomonson has made it her personal mission to encourage her 100+ fellow members to collect, fold, tie and crochet recycled plastic grocery bags into weather resistant full-length bedrolls for the homeless. Over the past several years, Ms. Solomonson has herself produced and delivered many of these bedrolls which have proved to be very useful to the homeless population. She has expanded this project to include teaching her method to numerous other community organizations and church groups.
There has been a great deal of local interest in the bedroll project and Ms. Solomonson has received inquiries from places as distant as Canada and South America.