Local Business Owner Raffling Custom Tufted Rug In Support of Youth Emergency Shelter
/Local business owner Clara Paquette is raffling a custom tufted rug from her business Shag Rags with all proceeds going to support the Youth Emergency Shelter (YES).
photo courtesy of clara paquette.
Paquette is in her second year of the Child and Youth Care program at Fleming College. She started Shag Rags a little under a year ago as a way to make some money while in school full-time.
Those interested can find Paquette’s rugs at First Friday Art Crawls and the Milk and Tea boba shop downtown Peterborough.
“As someone who is looking to be a child and youth worker myself, I absolutely love and adore what (YES) does, but they are in some desperate need of support and donations,” said Paquette. “When I saw the YES Shelter Instagram page share that they needed funding for some serious issues, my heart broke knowing how difficult it must be for them right now. But seeing how I am doing my placement at a local school full time, along with school assignments and running my own business I felt like I didn’t have anything to give, money or time.”
