Sarah Center

Sarah Center empowers our neighbors to craft beautiful futures for themselves and their families by learning sewing, quilting and jewelry-making skills. In the Franciscan spirit of serving the poor and less fortunate, Sarah Center programs promote stability and community through the training sessions, so students build confidence as they hone technical skills.

Our newest program, #Stitched#, teaches basic sewing skills for those who wish to pursue a career in the textile industry – either to make and sell crafts as an entrepreneur or to pursue a sewing job with a textile manufacturer, dry cleaner, tailor, or similar companies.

The jewelry-making and quilting classes also teach basic skills that allow students to create unique, personal items that they can give as gifts or sell as a way to make additional income. The classes foster creativity, relationship-building, and peer-to-peer mentoring.

Our Mission is to nourish and nurture families by offering skills training in jewelry-making, sewing, quilting, and other forms of art, so our members build self-esteem and earn supplemental income for themselves and their families.