Photos: 20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz.
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Brenda Craft shows Pamela Garcia how to start a bag. It was Garcia's first sew-a-thon, but she was soon an expert. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Pamela Garcia works on her first bag at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Volunteers began working as soon as they arrived and set up. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Pamela Garcia works on her first bag at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Pamela Garcia works on her first bag at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Pamela Garcia works on her first bag at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Volunteers sew bags for foster children at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
A team at the sew-a-thon formed an assembly line with each volunteer sewing her part of the bag before passing it along to the next person at the table. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Novice sew-a-thon volunteer Pamela Garcia shows off her first finished bag as Brenda Craft looks on at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Volunteers insert cords for drawstrings into the sewn bags. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Special tools help a volunteer insert a drawstring for a bag. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Volunteers fold and count finished bags at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Volunteers chat and visit as they insert cords for drawstrings into the bags. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Volunteers brought their own sewing machines and sergers to make bags for kids. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Volunteers brought their own machines. This one is an antique, a Singer probably made in the early 1950s, and still in good working order. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
A volunteer reaches for fabric to begin another bag at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
A volunteer sews the drawstring channel in a bag at the sew-a-thon. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
A volunteer talks with Bob Heslinga, Executive Director of Aviva Children's Services, center, and Cindy Lingel, right, who coordinated the volunteers, at the sew-a-thon. They had many donated prizes and were preparing to draw names of volunteers. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
20th Annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon
Finished bags await a volunteer to take them to the group inserting drawstrings. About 140 volunteers attend the 20th annual Bags for Kids Sew-a-thon Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Tucson Women's Club in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Johanna Eubank / Arizona Daily Star
About 140 volunteers gathered in a room at the Tucson Women’s Club on July 21, to help children who are being removed from their homes.