A few years ago, some students in Mississauga got a lesson in empathy for others, and they will see some of the end results of their efforts next month.
After the tsunami hit Japan in 2011, Mississauga teacher Norm Ibuki got a call from his friend Linda Ohama. She told him about a project she was starting that would have Canadian school children make cloth squares brightly decorated with messages of support and hope for those affected. He took to the idea and his students got started.
Once the pieces were completed, they were gathered together along with hundreds of others produced by Canadian children and sewn into a huge quilt, which was sent to Japan.
The colorfully decorated item toured the country, and the youngsters who saw it were encouraged to add squares of their own. It grew and grew until it was the size of two football fields. It is so big that there is discussion about entering it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest cloth message ever made.
In February, it will be on display in the Mississauga Central Library. Some of the sections will be those produced by Ibuki’s students.
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