Ohio MCC Comforter Bash a success

The Ohio MCC Comforter Bash took place April 21-22 at Kidron Community Park.

Participants worked together to combine handmade comforter tops, warm batting and sturdy backing fabric into comforters. The squares of fabric that make up the comforter tops were sewn together beforehand, so volunteers primarily knotted the layers together during the two-day event.

Volunteers worked together to knot 220 comforters over the two days, with 240 volunteers helping on April 21 and 135 on April 22.

This was the third Comforter Bash held in Northeast Ohio. Last year volunteers knotted 129 comforters over two days after the event was postponed in 2021. The inaugural event took place January 2020 as part of MCC’s Great Winter Warm-up with events across the United States, Canada and beyond.

Mennonite Central Committee was founded in 1920 when groups of Mennonites and Mennonite Brethren formed a committee to provide food and other assistance to people affected by war and famine in Southern Russia, which is present-day Ukraine.

Today MCC provides humanitarian relief, encourages sustainable development and strengthens peace-building initiatives in 45 countries. Comforters and blankets have been part of MCC’s relief resources since World War II’s end.