ReMitts

ReMitts started in 2009 as a small group of volunteers making mittens from donated sweaters. Now, they have approximately 25 volunteers that meet weekly in one of the volunteers homes to cut sweaters and make sewing kits. Most of the sewing is done at volunteers’ homes.

Their primary product is high quality, lined mittens made from felted sweaters. Some sweaters are too bulky or the pattern is too large for mittens, so they recently began making pillows from these leftover sweaters.

Local food pantries receive all of the proceeds from the sale of their mittens and pillows. The food pantries include St. Vincent de Paul, Middleton Outreach Ministry, River Food Pantry and Iowa County Food Pantry.

Last year, they made 1,800 pairs of mittens and donated more than $65,000 to food pantries.

Betsy Nordstrom told us that their goal is to help alleviate hunger in Dane and Iowa counties, Wisconsin.