Kids reassured of animal care

By Monique Ebrington
SEWING for Wildlife founder Carolyn Rogers swapped pouches for primary school on Thursday 20 March.
Mrs Rogers and her club of sewers have been making joey bags and capture blankets at her Coldstream home and donating them to wildlife shelters caring for bushfire injured animals.
They decided to take time out from sewing to educate students at Coldstream Primary School and reassure them that people are caring for the wildlife.
“Some kids were very adversely affected by the media portrayal of what happened to animals during and after the bushfire,” Mrs Rogers said.
“They don’t understand the human side of things but they have their soft toy animals and can relate more to them.”
“They’ve seen pictures of animals burnt and injured and they weren’t eating or sleeping and they were crying all the time.”
Mrs Rogers said it was important for her that she and local wildlife carers Carolyn Seeger and Sue Samphir came to the school with joeys that had been saved after the fires.
“It’s a very important part of the healing process for them,” she said.
The Sewing for Wildlife club is continuing to make pouches and capture blankets that Mrs Rogers said have been greatly appreciated by wildlife carers.
“We’ve made on the border of 5000 units. We thought we might have saturated the market but shelters are just starting to hear about what we’re doing,” Mrs Rogers said.
She said that the Sewing for Wildlife club would still appreciate donations of fleecy, flannelette or cotton materials and woollen blankets.
For information on how to donate or help phone Mrs Rogers between 8.30am and 3.30pm on 0412 279 053.