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“In group homes, the youth
that live there are almost a
forgotten age group,” she
said. “They don’t really have
much support beyond the
state or the group they work
with, and when they’re given
clothes, it’s usually in a bag
nobody wants. They don’t
get to pick out clothes or go
to the store for something
that speaks to them and their
personality or what they feel
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Police Log................................4
Real Estate........................13-16
Religious Notes........................8
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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 MARCH 12, 2020
She’s all about weaving Threads 4 Care
comfortable in.”
Founded in 2016, the nonprofit
organization initially
aimed to provide foster children
and former foster children
ages 12 to 25 with opportunities
to “shop” for clean, in-style
clothing free of charge.
Now, four years later, the
mobile boutique has expanded
by offering its service to a
number of underserved communities
throughout the North
Shore.
Threads 4 Care hosted its
first Lynn event for women
in recovery at East Coast
International Church’s “The
Mansion” at the end of February.
When Conni met Jen
Lange, the woman behind
“The Mansion” — which offers
women in recovery a
sober space to spend time together
— the two connected
immediately.
“Most of the women who
come to the Mansion are in
sober living and this is just
another way for them to have
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Jennifer Lange, founder of The Mansion, left, and Stephanie
Conni, founder of Threads 4 Care, host the first pop-up boutique
at the Mansion where women in recovery could come
and shop for free.
a network and a community,”
Lange said. “We really tried to
make it a beautiful place.”
After learning what each
other did, Lange and Conni
said merging their organiza-
tions and hosting a pop-up
event for women in recovery
seemed like an obvious next
step.
“It was two cool things
coming together,” Lange said.
At the Feb. 29 event, four of
the Mansion’s first-floor rooms
were stocked with like-new
clothes, shoes, bags, and accessories,
and as they came in, each
woman was handed a bag to fill.
“It was a really beautiful act
of kindness,” Lange said. “A lot
of these women don’t have any
extra to go out and go shopping,
so to be able to have a choice in
what they were getting, versus
just someone dropping off a
giant bag of hand-me-downs,
that was really nice.”
For Conni, Threads 4 Care
is more than just a traveling
boutique. It’s her chance to tell
those going through hard times
that they matter.
“To me … the thought of another
human being feeling lessthan
or alone is unacceptable,”
she said. “I started Threads to let
those in underserved communities
know they’re not alone, that
there’s a whole community behind
Threads that loves and is
here for them.”
Conni added she hopes
to open a brick and mortar
Threads 4 Care location with
sober housing sometime next
year, as well as offer job placement
services for women in
recovery.
“My favorite quote — and
it’s on my business card — is
‘love is the thread with which
we connect the world,’” Conni
said. “Lead with love, compassion,
and kindness, and humanity
will surprise you. I want
Threads to be a movement, not
just a mobile boutique. (I want
it to be) a safe haven and support
system.”
Those interested in donating
to Threads 4 Care should contact
Conni at threads4care@
gmail.com, or call her at (908)
461-4060.
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Threads 4 Care volunteer
Mary Almeida of Peabody
ties a scarf on Cindy Riley
as Riley shops the Threads 4
Care pop-up boutique.
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